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I’m working toward a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently Prez, PM call for end to violence against women [ PAGE 8]

Stand up against abuse, Shraddha exhorts women

Make it Happen – KDLSA urges on International Women’s Day

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March 5 Violence: 27 people arrested Morung Express news Dimapur | March 8

An indian woman walks carrying utensils for sale on international Women’s Day in Mumbai on March 8. (AP Photo)

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Dimapur Police informs DIMAPUR, MARCH 8 (MExN):The office of the Dimapur SP today appealed to the public to avoid spreading unconfirmed information and news, detrimental to public peace and order. Furthermore, a list of telephone numbers was made available to the public for the purposes of seeking information and to clarify any doubts. Officials to contact:

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Nagaland (Dimapur) Police have arrested 27 persons with regard to the March 5 incident till 11:00pm on March 8. Nagaland State IG (Range), Wabang Jamir, said today that the 27 include the six arrested on March 7. Those arrested on March 8, he informed, include a “ringleader” of the mob that lynched a man on March 5 and a couple of students. No women have been arrested yet with regards to this but some have been identified, said Jamir, and that no NGO leader has been arrested till now either for inciting the masses. On March 8, Sunday, the Dimapur district administration and security teams jumped into action after a total curfew was declared here from 3:00pm to midnight. Five teams were deployed for the entire search and arrest operation held today, and arrests were made through a host

• Total Curfew lifted • Prohibitory orders under Sec. 144 CrPC will continue • Business establishments can remain open from 6:00am to 12:00 noon • SMS and mobile data services to remain blocked till 6:00pm Monday • Schools will remain closed of intelligence and other officers. The total curfew was enforced by various teams of the Indian army, central paramilitary and State security forces. All day Water Cannon truck(s) made rounds reiterating the total curfew, which were totally absent on March 5. The curfew was successful with the streets of Dimapur remaining devoid of human and vehicular traffic. For Monday, the total curfew has been relaxed in Dimapur town “in view of the gradual improvement in the law and order situation in Dimapur,” in-

formed an order from DC and District Magistrate of Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome IAS. However, prohibitory orders under Sec. 144 CrPC will continue to be imposed with relaxation for business establishments to open from 6:00am to 12:00 noon on March 9 in order to enable the public to purchase essential commodities and domestic consumables. Since the order prohibits the congregation of five or more persons, schools and offices will remain closed. It may be reminded that five FIRs already filed on Saturday are on the charg-

es of attempt to murder, rioting, unlawful assembly, and culpable homicide not amounting to murder. IG (Range), Jamir, added that an FIR for lynching has also been registered at Diphupar and West Police Stations. When probed on the alleged complicity of the police in the mob action leading to the capture of the now deceased alleged rape accused, Jamir said that the angle will be probed. Meanwhile, the blockade on SMS and mobile data services (internet) will remain in place till Monday, 6:00pm. While the Nagaland police seems to be doing its job now, there is a lack of initiative and will from the political class to address the issue. Neither the Chief Minister, nor the Home Minister, of Nagaland have visited Dimapur up until now. No State politicians took any initiative to address and pacify the mobs on either March 4 or 5 despite being their elected representatives in the State.

3 districts in Assam shut down in protest Morung Express news Dimapur | March 8

Normal life was affected across three districts in lower Assam on March 8 as several organisations called a 12-hour bandh to protest the March 5 lynching incident in Dimapur. The bandh coincided with the last rites for the deceased Syed Farid Khan, whose mortal remain was buried today at his native Bosla village in Karimganj district.

Karimganj Deputy Commissioner, Sanjib Gohain Baruah, said that the morning to evening bandh was marked by protest marches organised by the civil society, business bodies and political organisations. The bandh passed off without any untoward incidents, Baruah said. News reports, quoting officials from the adjoining Hailakandi and Cachar districts, stated that the bandh passed off peacefully in the

two districts as well. In Guwahati, the day passed off without any incident following the protests in front of Nagaland House on March7.JointResidentCommissioner, Nagaland House, Guwahati, Maria Yanthan said that adequate security measures have been arranged in coordination with the Guwahati City police in anticipation of protests in the coming days, while police security has been arranged at Nagaland Police House, Bel-

tola and the Medical Lodge, near Downtown Hospital. Yanthan further said that the Naga community, students in particular, living in vulnerable locations of the city has been advised to relocate to safer places. Some students have already relocated, she added. Meanwhile, there were no reports of any major untoward incidents in districts adjoining Nagaland as an upshot of the March 5 incident.

‘Don’t spread rumors, maintain peace’ NE women join hands in solidarity

DIMAPUR, MARCH 8 (MExN): Civil society and political organizations have reiterated their call against the spread of rumors and for efforts to maintain peace.

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called upon administrators of social networking blogs to completely refrain from posting anything on the present issue.

NCD condemns violent events of March 5 The Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) today condemned the violent events of March 5 in Dimapur and termed it “unfortunate” that the mob took law into their own hands. A press note from the NCD clarified that it had appealed to protestors on March 4 and 5 to allow the law to take its own course of action. During an emergency executive meeting on March 8, the NCD also passed a resolution saying that the statements made by its General Secretary, Joel Nillo Naga on March 7 “was his personal view and in no way reflects the official position of Naga Council.” The resolution was appended by the NCD President, T Bangerloba and Vice Presidents, K Ghokheto Chophy and DP Angami. The NCD further appealed to all citizens to remain calm and maintain peace and harmony.

DNSU cautions against spread of rumors The Dimapur Naga Students Union (DNSU) has cautioned against the use of social media to spread unwanted and false rumors. A press note from the DNSU informed that a meeting was held with its constituent units in view of the violent turn of events in Dimapur. The DNSU condemned both the alleged rape of a girl in Dimapur, and the lynching of the alleged accused by a mob. It directed all members of the DNSU to refrain from attending any function/social gathering on this issue, without prior notification from its units. The DNSU also assured that all citizens in and around Dimapur, especially non Nagas are “safe and sound.” It further resolved to protect all citizens irrespective of faith, from any anti social elements that may threaten peace. The DNSU further appealed to neighbour- NPF Shurhozelie affirms ing states and citizens to ‘peaceful co-existence’ The Naga Peoples’ Font help restore normalcy and

(NPF) led by Shurhozelie Leizietsu today stated that the “totally unlawful act” in Dimapur on March 5 has caused “colossal damage on the Naga image in the eyes of the world.” A press note from the party termed the action taken by the mob as “undeniably excessive, terrible and unlawful. “And yet, are not those activists (students or mob) our children? If so, who, as a parent would have encouraged or willingly allowed the children to commit a wrong of such degree?” the party questioned. It further stated that “an inordinate amount of time and a great deal of efforts clubbed with true penance and Christian approach in condoning the excessive wrong perpetrated is unavoidable and the need of the hour, so as to regain our true image and position acceptable to all mankind.” The party further censured the NPF led by Noke Wangnao in its approach to the incident and claimed that both the Chief Minister and the Home Minister “initiated necessary action on war footing…” It urged all sections to restrain from confrontational activities

and maintain peaceful coDIPHU, MARCH 8 existence. (MExN): Indigenous women groups of the Overseas Naga Association calls for justice and rule of law North East held a solidarity The Overseas Naga As- march in Diphu town today sociation has called for to commemorate Internathe rule of law and jus- tional Women’s Day 2015. tice to prevail. Express- The event was organised ing concern at the violent in conjunction with Karbi incidents in Dimapur, a Nimso Chingthur Asong press note from the Over- (KNCA), Karbi So-Arlo Kirseas Naga Association ex- san Asong (KSKA), Hills pressed shock. “We strong- State Democratic Women ly condemn all forms of Front (HSDWF) and All Inabuse and violence against dia Progressive Women’s women because they de- Association (AIPWA). On the occasion, the humanize the victim as well as the perpetrator Assam Mohila Sachetan -- whoever they may be. Mancha (AMSM), based And for people to take the in Kakopathar (Tinsukia), law into their own hands extended its solidarity with and execute the accused in all indigenous women’s public only makes things groups, democratic and worse by adding one crime human rights organisaon another. It brings justice tions who are struggling for to nobody and obstructs rights and dignity of womthe rule of law,” it said. It en in North East India. “The last three decades added that “Naga people have a strong sense of jus- of militarisation and extice going back to village pansion of corporate greed governments, where pro- to the furthest corners of cedure for righting wrongs the region, has resulted in was strictly followed.” the overall marginalisation However, it stated that of women, especially those “there is no better, more ef- belonging to indigenous fective recourse available communities of Northeast to any people in the mod- India,” stated AMSM repreern world, including the sentative, Amiya Gogoi, in long-beleaguered Nagas, a press note today. “In this than due process under process,” she noted, “women have become even more the law.”

vulnerable to the onslaught of patriarchal violence, unleashed in equal measure by the state’s security forces, and forces of patriarchal control within the domestic sphere.” AMSM called for a broad unity among progressive women’s groups that wish to struggle for the rights of all oppressed peoples, especially indigenous women of the region. “It is only through sustained dialogue among the democratic and progressive forces that we can build solidarity for those who have been victims of state-sponsored violence,” it maintained. In recognising and supporting the struggles of indigenous communities for self-determination, AMSM also called for the creation of non-violent platforms to promote dialogue between the different communities of the region. By doing so, “we would be able to put an end to our internal strife and not allow the forces of corporate greed and patriarchy to divide the struggles of oppressed, indigenous women of the region.” The Indigenous Women’s Forum of North East India (IWFNEI) also joined

the solidarity march at Diphu town today alongside the KNCA. The IWFNEI consists of the All Deori Women Association, Tiwa Women Association, Karbi Nimso Chingtur Asong, Zemi Mothers Association, Dimasa Women Society, R.K. Mosang Society Arunachal Pradesh, Naga Women Union Manipur, Zomi Mothers Association, Lai Women Association Mizoram, Naga Mothers Association, Eastern Naga Women Union, and Borok Women Forum Tripura. This is a day to celebrate and recognize the strength and participation of women and girls. But as we gather on this day, we should also remember that there are women – our sisters and daughters - who are subjected to humiliation and violence because they are women and girls. Convenor of IWFNEI, Khesheli Chishi, stated at the rally that the IWFNEI stands in solidarity for justice and women’s rights across North East India and beyond. “We recognize that women and children constitute the most vulnerable members in our societies. Towards that end,

the IWFNEI is committed to work for the political, social, and economic equality of women,” she noted. Reiterating the 2015 theme ‘Make it Happen,’ the women reaffirmed their commitment for women’s rights and justice. Chishi called for bringing together “our stories and experiences.” “Let us celebrate our strength and fellowship. Let us work together towards building a just and peaceful future,” she said. Following the procession, a meeting was held that demanded from the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) that International Women’s Day, March 8, be declared a Council Holiday. It called for the 50% reservation of seats for women in the KAAC and Town Committees. The women demanded the proper functioning of the Women Commission of KAAC, and to induct members in it from struggling Women organisations. Finally, to construct a market shed for Women Vendors at every market in Karbi Anglong, apart from providing them with cool storage, drinking water and toilet facilities.

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Make it Happen – KDLSA urges on International Women’s Day Our Correspondent Kohima | March 8

The Kohima District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) today commemorated International Women’s Day 2015 with the hostel girls of Kohima here at DC’s Conference Hall under the theme “Make it Happen.” Speaking on the theme “Make it Happen,” guest speaker Y. Longkumer, NJS, Registrar, Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, encouraged the girls to make a difference in the society with their positive attitude and being involved and aware of the things happening around. She said that being in a male dominated society, gender inequality is the main thing pulling down the status of women. She challenged the girls that whatever men can do, women can also do and even do it better. Asserting that women are the architect of the society, she further stated that the voice of women should come out

Dignitaries during the observance of International Women’s Day with the hostel girls of Kohima, which was organized by KDLSA under the theme “Make it Happen” at DC’s Conference Hall, Kohima on March 8. (Morung Photo)

and make a generation of women which will make things happen. She gave some tips to the girls to build a reputation right from now, focus on their strengths, find a mentor and have certain values in life which will help them become strong citizens in the society. She added that instead of watching and wondering what others do, it should be them who should make things happen. Mezivolu T. Therieh,

NJS, chief judicial magistrate of Kohima and secretary KDLSA said “Today is an occasion where all of us need to look back and see how far we have come and how far we are yet to go. The young girls sitting here are the future of tomorrow. What are your thoughts and dreams? You all have heard about Malala Yousafsai. If she can make it happen why not you? When Mary Kom can make us believe that a girl can really have it all, why

not you?” Regretting that our society today is at its worst scenario with so much lawlessness and anarchy around, she said, “We cannot bring about positive chance by defying the rule of law. If we want to see a prosperous and progressive society, then we all have to contribute our bit and usher in the change we want.” She continued that the Legal Service Authority is constituted to provide

free and competent legal service to the weaker sections of the society and to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, to organize Lok Adalats and to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity. V. Ashu Theyo, Panel Lawyer, spoke on the topic “Crime against women & its protective laws.” He

highlighted the prevailing crimes against women and tools and measures to deal with such kind of situation. Because of our social structure and patriarchal mindset towards women, topics of women’s rights have come about, he said. He cited Nirbhaya’s gang rape case and how justice was meted out to her through the proper procedure of law by awarding capital punishment to the accused persons. He stated that change will come,

ASU 26th biennial general conference from March 13

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kohiMa, March 8 (MExN): The Angami Students’ Union (ASU) is organizing its 26th biennial general conference from March 13 to 15 at Chiephobozou under the theme “Engaging Challenges”, to be hosted by the Northern Angami Students’ Union (NASU). Neitsalie Zhasa, IFS, principal secretary for forest, ecology and environment will grace the introductory session as the guest speaker. In the inaugural session, Niketu Iralu, social & peace activist will be the main speaker. In the academic session, three academic panelists, namely Pheluophelie Kesiezie, administrator, Northfield School, Dr. Vi-

zovol Mekro, associate professor & honorary director, NIHESW, and Kekhrielhouto Nakhro, coordinator (IT) NBSE, will speak on various issues and challenges confronting the Naga society. On Sunday, devotional service will be led by Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, senior pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church & Principal KBC. Kesonyü Yhome, IAS, additional secretary finance department and DC Dimapur will grace the valedictory function as the speaker. The union has appealed to all its regional units to prepare the following for participation in the conference: 350 delegate and above from all the regional units, two par-

NSF 5th Federal Assembly

kohiMa, March 8 (MExN): The Assembly Secretariat of the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has informed that the 5th Federal Assembly for the tenure 2014-15 will be held on March 21 at Phek Town from 10:00 am onward. Therefore, NSF Speaker RS Jollyson has requested all the federating units, subordinate bodies, tribunal members and senior leaders of NSF to reach the venue for the said Assembly by March 20.

ticipants each for Debate and Extempore competition, two participants each for Wrestling (Naga Style), and one team each for both Men & Women Volleyball Championship. Meanwhile, ASU and the organizing committee informed all its regional units to prepare for the forthcoming conference and at the same time extended its invitation to all the frontal organizations, seniors and well wishers to the conference. For further query, contact: Zakie Khate, President ASU (8014907704); Dievi Yano, Speaker, ASU (9856200353); Neizokhotuo Belho, Convenor, Organising Committee (9856038531).

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Acts and Schemes implemented by the Government of India to secure the health of a girl child. He underlined that it is possible to stop those who are making one uneasy by using the laws. All the laws are in the books but if it is not used, it is just a paper. He encouraged the girls to read the laws and practically apply them for their benefits and safety. Asino Visa, student representative in her speech “As a girl- child” asserted she was proud to be a woman, adding it is very important to educate a girl child because if she is educated the whole world will be educated. She highlighted some of the prominent women around the world like Lt Indira Gandhi, Lt Kalpana Chawla, Lt Annie Besant etc and their contributions towards the betterment of the society. The programme was followed by interactive session where the students enthusiastically participated and clarified their queries and doubts.

Khumtsü village to be inaugurated Mar 10 Wokha, March 8 (MExN): The newly recognised Khumtsü village under Wokha district will be officially inaugurated on March 10, 10:30 am by Dr. TM Lotha, MLA. Guest of honour, Robin Lotha, who is also the deputy commissioner of Wokha, and host of Head of Departments are expected to attend the function, which will be held at the village community plot, informed a press release. Meanwhile, the people of Khumtsü village have cordially requested the people of Pongidong and Tssungza villages residing in the villages as well as different places of the State to come and attend the programme.

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View of District Customary Court Kohima, which was re-modelled into traditional design. The remodelling was initiated by Kohima deputy commissioner W Honje Konyak and the same was inaugurated by minister for forest, environment and wildlife Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire on March 7. (Morung Photo)

Services during the health camps will include Ante Natal Care (ANC), Post Natal Care (PNC), Identification of high risk pregnant women, Availability of Referral transport, Availability of drugs, diagnostics & Mother Child Protection (MCP) cards to all beneficiaries, Family Planning services, Promotion of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) & Janani Suraksha-Shishu Karyakram (JSSK) entitlements, and Counselling services for women. In addition, during the health camps, screening for

cancer of the cervix will be conducted in the three district hospitals of Kohima, Mokokchung and Dimapur. The NHAK in Kohima will also provide screening for breast cancer during the camp in Kohima. Meanwhile, felicitation of 66 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) for outstanding performance will be organised on March 11 in the 11 district headquarters (one ASHA per block ASHA Co-ordinator). The felicitation will include a citation and cash incentive. Besides, Interperson-

al Communication (IPC) campaign to promote women’s health and motivate women to adopt health seeking behaviour will be carried out by the urban ASHAs of Kohima town on March 9 & 10. This IPC campaign will target women vegetable sellers and shopkeepers in and around the main town. In this regard, orientation of 13 Urban ASHAs on using IPC as a tool for promoting women’s health was conducted on March 7, 2015 at the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima, the release added.

Mission Nagaland Police: DABC initiative to help police personnel

NEW DElhi, March 8 (MExN): The Delhi Ao Baptist Church (DABC) organised a seminar on March 6 for the personnel of Nagaland Armed Police stationed at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi, on the topic “Responsibility of Christian Father and Drug Abuse”. A press release informed that Supongchiten Garbage seen dumped below the bridge at the Darogajan Village Gate. In September 2013, the bridge across this river, Longkumer, Evangelist, known as Sugar Mill River, collapsed following heavy rain. The DABC and Dr. Lanuwabang, Chief Medical Officer, existing bridge was inaugurated in June 2014. (Morung Photo)

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Special health camps for women in ten districts kohiMa, March 8 (MExN): To mark ‘International Women’s Day’, the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland is organising a number of activities to observe the occasion in a befitting manner, informed Dr. Nandira Changkija, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Kohima. From March 9 to 11, “Special Health Camps for Women” will be held in ten District Hospitals of Kohima, Dimapur, Mokokchung, Wokha, Peren, Zunheboto, Longleng, Phek, Mon and Kiphire.

though it may not be as fast as expected. Further, Theyo informed that in the event of molestation and harassment, the first thing one must do is write complaint in the form of FIR to police station. He also called upon the women to speak out loudly for justice and dignity of women. Sanjai Sharma, senior director, Health Rights of Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) spoke on the topic ‘Laws relation to girls health’. He highlighted the

CGHS were the resource persons. Supongchiten spoke on the responsibility of a father in every aspect of family life. He stated that be it spiritual, social or relationship with the family, father has a moral responsibility toward his family. In the afternoon session, Dr Lanuwabang gave a lecture on the need of medical awareness on drug abuse, alcoholism, HIV/AIDS and the recent case of swine flu. Both the sessions were

followed by discussion and deliberation involving questions and queries on the respective topic, the release added. The seminar was organised by the Mission Board of DABC realising the need to educate and assist the police personnel, according to the release. It mentioned that many of the personnel are in Delhi away from their family and they face many unseen problems like stress, de-

pression, longing for loved ones, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. In this light, the release said, the church has decided to assist the Nagaland Police personnel through the project “Mission Nagaland Police” under the aegis of the Mission Board. Henceforth, the church will conduct seminars, counselling etc. periodically to reach out to the needy, it was added. About 100 police personnel attended the seminar.

kohiMa, March 8 (MExN): The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) has decided to have two days session on March 17 and 19. The decision was made during the committee’s meeting held on March 5 under the chairmanship of Chotisuh Sazo, speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly, which also finalised the Provisional Programme for the ensuing eighth session of the twelfth assembly. During the two days session, the following business would be taken up: Obituary references; Questions; Laying of reports/ papers/ rules; Presentations of Assembly Committees reports; Presentation of budget documents for the year 2015-16; Presentation of C&AG reports; Presentation of supplementary demand for grants 2014-2015; Composition of Assembly Committees 2015-16. This was informed in a press release issued by NLA Additional Secretary K Sekhose.

IGNOU MA (EDU) induction prog kohiMa, March 8 (MExN): IGNOU Study Centre 2009P, SCTE will conduct Induction Program for MA Education students enrolled for 2015 on March 14 at 10:00 am in the State College of Teacher Education, Kohima. Study materials will be given after the programme. A separate programme on ‘Orientation to Dissertation work cum Counselling’ will be held for MA Education 2nd year students as well as old students who are due to submit the Dissertation Proposal. All the students have been asked to attend the program without fail.

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Kohima police kohiMa, March 8 (MExN): Kohima police manning Peducha check gate has intercepted one motorcycle bearing registration number DL 6 SAK/0934 on suspicion and one Lingninlen Chengloi (19) was detained as the steering lock of the motorbike was found broken, according to SDPO/PRO, Kohima police. During investigation, it was ascertained that the said motor bike was stolen from Thizama, Kohima on March 6. In this connection, a criminal case Vide North P.S Case No. 0023/2015 U/S 379 IPC has been registered against him and remanded into police custody for conducting further investigation, the release added.

NST colony Wokha general meeting Wokha, March 8 (MExN): The yearly general meeting of NST colony, Wokha town will be held on March 14 at community hall commencing from 9:00 am. Therefore, all colony members concerned have been requested to attend the said meeting positively. This was informed in a press release issued by the colony chairman, Peter Jami and general secretary, Lipamo Kithan.

Tangkhul Scholars’ Association releases book NEW DElhi, March 8 (MExN): Tangkhul Scholars’ Association (TSA) has released a book entitled “Rethinking Education in The Hills of Northeast India.” It was released by Prof. H.P Gangnegi, Head of Department of Buddhist Department, University of Delhi, in the presence of about fifty scholars and researchers at a University of Delhi guest house on March 7. According to a press release from TSA general secretary, Dr. Tuisem Ngakang, the book may be useful for the government policy makers, researchers as well as other professionals engaged in the field of education, particularly in the hills of North East India. The book, edited by AS Yaruingam and AC Kharingpam, was contributed by host of scholars from the North East. It is published by Shipra Publications and has the copyright with Tangkhul Scholars’ Association (TSA), the release added.

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Assam Parties slam Bangladeshi influx but none will bell the cat Prasanta Mazumdar

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Though all the political parties in Assam may make the right sounds when it comes to the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state, none it seems will bite the bullet. Recently, when the Assam government made a startling revelation in the Assembly that some 35,738 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were absconding following their detection, the BJP raised a hue-andcry and called for removal of an “old” Assam Accord Implementation Minister, Bhumidhar Barman. “Since 1985, altogether 38,186 people were identified as illegal Bangladeshi

immigrants. Of them, 2,448 have been expelled while 68 are lodged in the detention centres. The remaining 35,670 people are absconding and some of them may have died,” the octogenarian minister had told the Assembly. Outside the House, the BJP went all-guns-blazing at the ruling Congress. But the BJP too has done little to address the issue. The party performed well in Assam in the 2014 General Election by playing the “Bangladeshi” card. While campaigning, BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi had said if voted to power, BJP would drive out immigrants. “You can write it down. After May 16, these Bangladeshis better be

Remove lacunae in Arunachal Statehood Act: Gegong Apang Itanagar, March 8 (PtI): Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take appropriate action for removal of all existing lacunae in the Statehood Act claiming the issue has been agitating the minds of the people. Apang, the longest serving chief minister of the state who joined BJP early last year ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, had submitted a letter to Modi on this matter during the latter's visit to the state last month. He said all central leaders during their visit to the state had been approached but the Centre did not budge. Even the state Assembly passed resolution in this regard twice in 1994 and in 2013. Apang, who was the first chief minister of the state, claimed he and other state leaders were not consulted on the Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Act of 1986. "Neither the draft of the bill was shown to us nor were we aware of its defects," he said. The then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had assured us that the Constitu-

tion would be amended for rectification of the act but nothing has been done so far, he claimed. "We had approached the then Prime Minister on learning about the defects. When the ownership of land and resources of the people of Nagaland was protected, why not Arunachal? The prime minister had categorically assured us that the bill has been moved to avoid delay... He said defects will be removed by introducing a constitutional amendment," he recalled. The assembly had unanimously passed resolution directing the state government to move the Centre for constitutional amendment with provision for special protection for the state. The assembly had also resolved to urge the Centre to expeditiously amend Article 371H of the Constitution to bring Arunachal Pradesh at par with the provisions of Article 371A(1) with a view to provide special constitutional protection to the people of the state in respect of religious and social practices, customary laws and rights of ownership and transfer of land and its resources.

prepared with their bags packed,” Modi had thundered at a rally. However, the BJP has adopted double standards on the issue all along. It views the Bengali Muslims, who entered Assam from Bangladesh, as illegal immigrants but sees the Bengali Hindus as refugees. The party leaders say the Bengali Hindus migrated to India in the face of religious persecution in Bangladesh and they should be accorded refugee status. But various organisations in Assam insist illegal immigrants, irrespective of their faith, must go. The people in Assam are increasingly terrified of the influx which threatens to change the state’s

demography. Politically, Muslims are virtual kingmakers in four parliamentary constituencies and in a majority in at least seven of the state’s 28 districts. With Assembly polls drawing close, it remains to be seen what position different parties adopt on the issue. The BJP says it will not deviate from its stand and so does the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which was born out of a six-year-old anti-foreigners agitation. But few will perhaps dispute that the AGP has no base in areas where the Bengali Muslims are in a majority. And the BJP is influential only in pockets in these areas. The Bengali-speaking Muslims have been the

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3 die, 11 injured in mishap aIzawl, March 8 (PtI): Three persons were killed and 11 others injured as a cab overturned near Kawnpui town in Mizoram-Assam border Kolasib district today. Police said that Sushendra Roy (48) of Karimganj district in Assam and Juresh Yadav (45), head constable of the BSF posted in south Mizoram's Lunglei died at the spot. Biresh Ch. Das (59) of Karimganj succumbed to his injuries at the Kawnpui Primary Health Centre. The passenger vehicle was coming from Lunglei towards Guwahati. Police suspected that the driver, absconding after the mishap, dozed off at the wheels.

and this is despite its antiimmigrants stand. Though the Congress says the Bangladeshis have to go, it has done very little on the matter in the last 14 years in power. Its chance of retaining power would depend much on its performance in areas where Bengali Muslims have a sizeable population.

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IAF physiotherapist feared drowned Jorhat, March 8 (PtI): An Indian Air Force physiotherapist was feared drowned in Brahmaputra river in Jorhat. The physiotherapist from 5 Air Force Base Hospital at Rowria near here was carried away by the river current while he, along with seven of his colleagues, was bathing in the river at Kokialamukh last evening, a police officer said. A missing FIR was filed at the Jorhat Police Station last night after his colleagues failed to trace him

following which State Disaster Management Force personnel rushed to the spot. The SDMF personnel could not trace the airman following which army's Paratrooper Regiment launched a search operation since this morning but he is yet to be found. The missing physiotherapist has been identified as 26-year-old Dharmendra Singh Rawat who hailed from Odisha. Rawat had married an Assamese girl from Golaghat district last year.

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Bear found dead in Kaziranga KazIranga, March 8 (PtI): The body of a bear, suspected to have been killed in a fight with another bear, was recovered today from the Kaziranga National Park. Patrolling forest guards on getting a foul smell traced the carcass near the Kathpora forest camp in the Park's Bagori Range, a Park official said. The body of the male adult bear bore several scratches and other injury marks which led to the suspicion that it could have died due to infighting during mating. According to the last bear census in the Park in 1993, there were only - two male and a female bear but its population was expected to have risen to eight by now though a fresh census was expected to be held soon.

vote banks of the Congress until the emergence of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF). The AIUDF has had a meteoric rise over the last few years. The party virtually decimated the AGP to emerge as the principal opposition. The AIUDF’s influence among the Bengalispeaking Muslims is huge

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China’s February imports Centre to set up advisory panel to boost exports sink in news sign of weakness

BeiJiNG, March 8 (aP): China’s imports shrank in February for a second month in a new sign of weakness in the world’s second-largest economy. Imports contracted by 20.5 percent to $108.6 billion compared with a year earlier, customs data showed Sunday. China’s trade data early in the year often can be distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday, which occurs at a different time each year in January or February. However, with the two months combined, the contraction in imports so far this year is 20.2 percent. Exports surged 48.3 percent to $169.2 billion, rebounding from January’s 3.3 percent contraction, according to the General Administration of Customs of China. China’s appetite for imported raw materials and consumer goods has ebbed as economic growth declined to a two-decade low of 7.4 percent last year. The International Monetary Fund and other forecasters expect growth to decline

New Delhi, March 8 (iaNS): The government is to set up an advisory committee to suggest key measures to boost export performance, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. At the ECGC Dun and Bradstreet Export Performance awards ceremony on Saturday night in Mumbai, the minister said she is planning “to constitute committee that can suggest thrust areas and key measures which can yield

quick results as well as help formulate a long term export strategy,” a commerce ministry release here said on Sunday. “This is a government that is fully willing to hear, fully willing to listen and fully willing to act,” she added. Emphasisng that exports play a key role in ensuring the success of the Make in India initiative, the minister assured the gathering that the government’s “ease of doing busi-

ness” measures will be extended to the export sector as well. According to the ministry, Sitharaman said Indian exporters’ access to markets abroad is restricted because of the protectionist measures of countries. The e-biz portal launched recently by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was a great boon for the manufacturers and exporters, she added. Indian software major TCS (Tata Consultancy

Services) bagged the best overall exporter award in the large companies category, while Pune-based Serum Institute of India won the best manufacturer exporter award. On the eve of the International Women’s Day on Sunday, Sitharaman expressed special appreciation for the Bengalurubased Himatsingka Seide in which women constitute 90 percent of the employees, the statement said.

Foreign inflows cross $11 bn in 2 months Chinese President Xi Jinping, second left at bottom, and Premier Li Keqiang, second right at bottom, applaud with delegates during the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, March 5, 2015. China announced a lower economic growth target for this year and promised to open more industries to foreign investors as it tries to make its slowing, state-dominated economy more productive. (AP Photo)

this year to 7 percent and further in 2015. The ruling Communist Party is trying to steer the economy away from heavy reliance on trade and investment by nurturing more self-sustaining growth driven by domestic consumption. Still, its plans

call for maintaining steady trade growth to protect the millions of jobs supported by export industries. On Saturday, Trade Minister Gao Hucheng said February exports would be weak but he expressed confidence the country can meet the government’s

goal of 6 percent growth this year in total imports and exports. The country’s global trade surplus widened to $60.6 billion. The surplus with the United States was $19.9 billion and that with the 27-nation European Union was $15 billion.

New Delhi, March 8 (PTi): With an average of over Rs 1,000 crore a day, the net foreign fund inflows into Indian capital markets have crossed $11 billion (over Rs 68,000 crore) in little over 2 months in 2015. The analysts expect the inflows to further accelerate going ahead, following assurances in the Union Budget to revisit controversial issues like GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule). The Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have bought shares worth a net amount of Rs 31,256 crore till March 5 this year, while in the debt segment, their net inflows stand at Rs 37,296 crore, taking the total to Rs 68,552 crore (411.08 billion), as per the data compiled by the Central De-

pository Services Ltd (CDSL). Overseas investors witnessed a net inflow of Rs 24,563 crore in February, while the same in the previous month January stood at Rs 33,688 crore. FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investors) were rechristened as FPIs last year under a new regulatory regime that has made it easier for them to invest in India. Market participants attributed the robust inflows to positive investor sentiment driven by the government's announcement of several reform measures in recent months and expectations of more announcements in the Union Budget. They further said that inflow will continue in the coming months, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley an-

nounced a slew of measures to attract overseas investment in the country in his Union Budget. In 2014, the net investment by overseas investors in debt markets was Rs 1.59 lakh crore, while the figure for equities stood at Rs 97,054 crore. Overall net investment by foreign investors stood at Rs 2.56 lakh crore last year. To soothe investors' nerves, Jaitley deferred the controversial GAAR by two years, saying its immediate applicability can create 'panic' in markets. Besides, the new rules would be put in place after resolving "certain contentious issues" and the implementation would eventually happen with prospective effect, he said.

Verdict in Satyam fraud ‘Cos’ women staff retention strategy should support inclusion’ Delhi, March 8 (PTi): Ad- make around Rs 3.80 lakh less than on hiring and retaining women at evcase likely on Monday New vocating gender diversity at workplace, men and receive fewer developmen- ery level. They are strengthening polihyDeraBaD, March 8 (PTi): A special court here is slated to pronounce tomorrow the muchawaited judgement in the multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited (SCSL). During the last hearing on December 23, 2014, Special Judge BVLN Chakravarthi, while citing voluminous documents of the case, had said he would pronounce the verdict on March 9. Around 3,000 documents were marked and 226 witnesses examined during the trial that began nearly 6 years back. The case was probed by the CBI. Touted as the country’s biggest accounting fraud, the scam had come to light on January 7, 2009, after the erstwhilefirm’sfounderandthenChairmanBRamalingaRajuallegedlyconfessedtomanipulatinghiscompany’saccountbooksandinflatingprofitsovermanyyears to the tune of several crores of rupees. Raju was arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police’s Crime Investigation Department two days later, after he allegedly confessed to the fraud, along with his brother Rama Raju and others. Besides Raju, the 9 others accused in the case are - his brother and Satyam’s former Managing Director B Rama Raju, former Chief Financial Officer Vadlamani Srinivas, former PwC auditors Subramani Gopalakrishnan and T Srinivas, Raju’s another brother B Suryanarayana Raju, former employees G Ramakrishna, D Venkatpathi Raju and Ch Srisailam and Satyam’s former internal chief auditor V S Prabhakar Gupta.

human resource experts have said companies need to have a “conscious and balanced” approach to bring in more women to their payrolls while strengthening efforts to retain those in the 3-5 year experience band. Notwithstanding the fact that several studies have shown how the bottom lines of both public and private sector firms, benefit from having more women in leadership, nearly 50 per cent of women workforce in India drop their career in the middle, compared to just 29 per cent across Asia. “There needs to be a conscious and balanced approach to have more women in the organisation,” PwC India Capital leader Jagjit S Human said adding that “there is an urgent need to raise our ability to develop and retain women post their 3-5 year experience span.” According to a report by research firm Catalyst on India’s IT sector, women begin their careers on an equal footing with men when it comes to designation and pay. However within 12 years, women

tal opportunities at workplace. “It is vital that organisations closely examine their retention strategies. Firms should build a system of checks and balances that support diversity and inclusion at all levels including engaging in conversation with women during the initial stages to establish their career aspirations,” Catalyst India WRC Executive Director Shachi Irde said. International development agency ActionAid estimates that USD 9 trillion is the cost that women in developing countries bear each year due to unequal wages and the fact that women have less access than men to paid jobs. “The time has come for women’s work to be counted and understood better. Be it through monetisation, institutionalisation or sharing of work,” ActionAid India Director Programmes and Policies, Sehjo Singh said calling for reforms in labour laws and state policies. Ramnath Venkatraman, MD - Human Capital and Diversity, Accenture India said: “Companies are focusing

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cies that support women in critical life stages like pregnancy and childcare and re-skilling women to enable them to return to work”. Echoing similar views, employee productivity improvement solutions provider, Sapience Analytics CoFounder and CEO Shirish Deodhar said: “Companies can adopt more flexible policies for women considering the many hats that most of them wear”. Tata Communications Global Head-HR Aadesh Goyal said: “Gender diversity is one of the most significant aspects of our human resource management and we constantly encourage aspirational goals for women in leadership roles.” Global HR major ManpowerGroup considers diversity in the workplace to be essential and noted that it follows an annual diversity and inclusion plan which focuses on gender diversity and is driven by the global leadership team. Implementation, progress and results of the plan are tracked on periodical basis.

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elucidating collective strength, iWD in Phek

Women performing a agricultural work song at IWD Enhulumi 2015.

Dimapur, march 8 (mExN): Five villages from Phek district celebrated the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2015, in their respective villages ushering a new phase of 'collective strength and elucidation for women'. The villages were Enhulumi, Chizami, Leshemi, Lasumi and Sumi villages in Phek district. According to a press note, on the eve of the IWD, the Enhulumi Village Women Society on March 7 organised a cultural day to mark the IWD in their village. Attended by 200 women and few members of the Village Council, the celebration was marked with folk songs, speeches, local drinks and snacks. The Programme Manager of North East Network (NEN), Nagaland, Wekoweu Tsuhah speaking on the topic ‘Women Rights and their Responsibilities’ highlighted the various rights- Civil & Political, Economic, Social, Cultural & Ecological Rights - which the women are entitled to claim. She also stressed on the obligations of the State in fulfilling those rights, and community’s responsibility to enable their rights and entitlements. “We have come a long way from where we were two generations ago...girl child education was not given importance then but today we have many of our women and girls who are well- educated” she said adding that the mobility of women which were restricted before are receding enabling them to work outside and participate in other social activities. However, maintaining many challenges are yet to be achieved bridge the gender gap, she asserted that the women are yet to see the “equal participation” in decision making in the public sphere and the parity of wages. “We have the right to a life free from all

forms of discrimination and violence and to achieve this, we need to ‘change mindset, engage both men & women, build solidarity, put in place gender-just policies amongst others” Tsuhah stated. Former Women Society Chairperson of Enhulumi village, Zutenyi-u Lohe also exhorted and reminded the gathering that 50 years ago, women has remarkably contributed towards maintaining peace and harmony, and feeding the community both in times of conflict and peace. "Though never attended schools and were illiterate, women leaders of the village were accountable, honest and committed, but today, though we have much more education and have progressed, yet we have lost those values" she laments. On March 8, 60 women leaders representing the Self Employed Women Association (SEWA) and Women Societies of Chizami, Enhulumi, Sumi villages and Chizami Town Women Welfare Society came together at NEN Resource Centre Chizami. A documentary on trafficking of women & girls titled, "The day my God died" was screened followed by a discussion on the status of women particularly on women’s health, women’s labour and economic status, women in decision making, and Violence Against Women (VAW). At Leshemi and Lasumi villages, the Village Women Societies organised meetings highlighting the history and significance of IWD, and discussing issues that concerns women. Altogether around 250 women and men from the community attended the meeting. “It is the first time that we are observing IWD in our village and this is a significant beginning though small’ stated a member of the Women Society of Leshemi Village .

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Dr imlirenla Walling receives Zila Mahila Samman Morung Express News Mokokchung | March 8

Dr Imlirenla Walling, Principal, Town Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung was conferred with the Zila Mahila Samman, an award given by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, recognising exceptional and selfless work done by women at district level. It carries a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 and a citation. She was given the award by Sushil Kumar(IAS), Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung at a function

organised by Watsu Mungdang and Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority at Town Hall, Mokokchung to celebrate International Women’s Day. Mokokchung is the only district to achieve the Zila Mahila Samman in the state and the DC Mokokchung congratulated Dr.Imlirenla for her contribution to the society and also the women folks of Mokokchung for producing women like her. Accepting the award, Dr.Imlirenla Walling receiving The Zila Mahila Samman Dr. Imlirenla thanked God, from Sushil Kumar (IAS)Deputy Commissioner, Mokok- her family and friends, the chung at Town Hall Mokokchung. (Morung Photo) Watsu Mungdang, well

wishers and the people of Mokokchung and dedicated her award to her father who always encouraged her to take part and be active in all societal works. The International Women’s Day celebration was chaired by Achila Imsong, President, Watsu Mungdang. Dr.Kilangla, and L Opangla also spoke on the occasion and the Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority spoke on legal rights and duties of Women and shared awareness on various acts and rights of women in the constitution.

Mkg police to ensure public follow traffic rules Charity concert mokokchuNg, march 8 for the enforcement of rules as em- dows of every motor vehicle should Wokha blast (mExN): In the larger interest of powered under the Motor Vehicle be or be maintained in such a condition that the visual transmission public safety and to check unau- Act 1988 and CMV Rules 1989. victims held In a press release, Additional of light is not less than 70%. Hence thorized usage of Sirens, Red Light, Designation Plates and Flag Posts and to ensure adherence to traffic rules, Mokokchung Police will carry out Mobile Court at regular intervals

Superintendent of Police/PRO of Mokokchung, Yanrenthung Ngullie further informed the public that the glass of windscreen and rear win-

As per the notification issued by Transport and Communication Department, the following are entitled to use Sirens, Red Light and Designated Plates:

Member of Parliament Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly Chief Secretary to the Government of Nagaland State Information Commissioners Chairperson and Members of NPSC Addl Chief Secretaries to the Government of Nagaland Director General of Police Commissioner of Nagaland Home Commissioner Principle Secretaries to the Government of Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer of Nagaland Addl Director General of Police Commissioner & Secretaries/special secretary to the Government of Nagaland Inspector General of Police/Officers in the ranks of Major General and equivalent in the Army Advocate General of Nagaland Accountant General of Nagaland Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University Secretaries to the Government of Nagaland Secretary to Legislative Assembly DIG of Police Brigadier or equivalent ranks in the Army Deputy Commissioners Superintendents of Police

Sirens Governor of Nagaland Chief Minister, Nagaland VVIPs and Union Ministers during their visit to the state. Governor & Chief Minister of other States when they visit the state. Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly. Red light, designation plates and flag post Governor of Nagaland Chief Minister of Nagaland Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland Chief Justice of High Court of Assam and Nagaland Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly Cabinet Ministers of Nagaland Vice-Chairman, State Planning Board Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Puisne Judges of the High Court Deputy Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly Parliamentary Secretaries of Government of Nagaland

the public have been advised to Wokha, march 8 adhere to the notification and the (mExN): The Kyong Local rules under MVA 1988 and CMV Artist Association (KLAA) Rules 1989. Wokha on Saturday organised charity concert in aid Red beacon, flag post of the persons and families and designation affected by the February 24 District and Session Judges Wokha bomb blast. WellRegistrar of High Court wishers offered cash in a PCCF and Addl PCCF, Chairman donation box kept at the and Members of the State Finance venue, according to a press Commission note received here. Special guest Mhomo Designation plates Tungoe, SDO (Civil) Wokha, Commandant and equivalent rank speaking at the programme in Police and Addl Deputy Commis- thanked all those who consioner holding Independent charge tributed their selfless help and majors/captains of Assam Ri- physically and through fles on civil assignments contribution and prayer during the tragic incident, Under the district administration: the press release said. He Designation plates further called upon all to be Addl superintendent of Police, Sub- vigilant about recurrence Divisional Officer (Civil), Border of such incident even in fuMagistrate. ture. Rev. Sulumo Ezung, Provided that the red light shall be Pastor, Wokha Town Bapkept covered with black hood when tist Church said the invocathe authorized dignitaries are not in tion while the programme the vehicle. was hosted by Khyopenthung Tsopoe, Asst. Prof, Multi coloured red, blue and white Mt. Tiyi College and Lumka light combination Wolumo Ngullie. The DepPolice Pilot vehicle as per entitled of uty Commissioner, A. Roball VVIPs in Lotha also gave a short Recovery/Break Down Crane on speech.Altogether, 16 local road accident duty artists presented songs and Police vehicle on road/traffic inter- guitar recital. Aremo Ezung, ception duty Dy. Director of School EduAmbulance on emergency duty cation, Kohima made a speFire Tenders cial appearance.

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Women in the Plan of God: Reading Rahab’s Narrative Some thoughts and views Sermon preached on the Occasion of International Women’s Day (2015) at Clark Theological College Chapel woman is not only a grown female human. A woman starts as a female fetus in the womb of another woman. She grows into a girl and than onto a lady and remains one throughout her life. She is your baby daughter, your wife, your mother, your sisters, your aunt, your grandmother, and your female acquaintance. She is a beautiful part of your life – an extension of your life, if you would. She’s worth celebrating! But the human value of a woman - be it an unborn girl, a little gal, or a young lady - is often put into question by the news on media. It is common to hear that a girl child has been aborted, buried alive or killed at birth, that a minor girl of 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 years has been molested, that a working woman has been violated, a wife has been beaten black and blue, an elderly lady has been robbed or murdered. In tribal context, women are generally told silently or verbally that they cannot take up public leadership, they cannot be ‘ordained’, they cannot hold Pastoral office, because she’s emotional, weak physically, she’s soft – she’s a woman! The list goes on to as if have us believe that perhaps women and men are humanly unequal. The story of Rahab puts such claims to silence as we see relook at women in the eyes and the plan of God. Three characteristic insights can be drawn from her narrative in Joshua 2: 1-21. 1. Rahab represents majority of the women of the world (vv 1-3): Bible readers know her as prostitute. The people of Jericho knew her the same way. The Israelite spies knew her by that profession. Bible writers of both OT and NT knew her by that. Obviously she did not have a high moral standing. That could be the reason for her not being mentioned in the

annals of the OT/Jewish history. Josephus the 1century Jewish historian was perhaps too embarrassed to link a prostitute with Jewish history that he preferred to call her an “Inn Keeper”. Interestingly, a deeper study into the life of Rahab tells us that after her escape from Jericho and subsequent settlement in Israel (Joshua 6:25) she married into an honorable family, clearly indicating a farewell to her former profession. She was married to Salmon/Salma who was the founder of Bethlehem (1Chronicles 2:51, 54). Their union gave birth to Boaz (Matthew 1:5), which makes Rahab the mother of Boaz. Boaz married Ruth and they had Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of David. And from David’s lineage, Jesus was born (Matthew 1). Churches and societies must not get too stuck up with Rahab, the prostitute, because to do so would be to miss the plan of God for the women of the world. The other side of her story is that she became a hero for the people of Israel and all Christians (James 2:25; Hebrew 11:31). Many women of the world become or are made to become a victim of negative characterization and stereotypes. There is also no attempt, if not denial, to right the wrong notions about women. By looking on to exceptional women, societies conjure up that all’s well with women. We cannot look at Benazir Bhutto and conclude that women of Pakistan have all freedom they want. The fact is that for every Benazir Bhutto there are millions of Malalas who get shot for wanting school education. Indians likewise cannot look at Sonia Gandhi or Sushma Swaraj and think that women in India are treated with equal rights and dignity. The fact is that there are uncountable Nirbhaya victims! However, the story of Rahab shows us that given adequate means of empowerment women can transcend all human expectations and excel. The bil-

lions of Rahabs in the world just need the right opportunity to become heroes. 2. Rahab is a symbol of women’s courage, faith and loyalty (verses 4-16) Those looking at Rahab fromJericho’s perspective would call her a collaborator, an apostate, and a selfish person. But a look at the larger picture reveals that her courage to confront the King’s guards with misleading information (verse 4-5), her faith in the God of the Israelites (verse 9-11), and her loyalty to the family by negotiating with the Israelite spies for the deliverance of her extended household (verse 12-16) resulted in the fulfillment of God’s plan both the people of Israel and her family. Her contribution to the future of the people of history cannot be discounted. Church and society alike invest little or no trust in women to resolve complex situations or to take up challenging roles. But a look at the ground reality confirms women’s ability to turn impossible cases into possible victories. Traditional method of peacemaking by Demi (Angami) and Pukreila (Tangkhul), the proactive presence of Naga Mothers Association, the daring initiatives of Meira Paibies, and the dynamism of Mizoram Hmeichia Pawl are only some of the instances of the collective women’s strength to sustain themselves and their communities. In the Christian circle, we remember the Chinese women who kept the faith alive through oral transmission to other family members and neighbors during the Cultural Revolution when churches and Bibles were attacked. The women department of the Mizoram Synod is known contribute substantial amount of money towards the Synod Treasury. It’s recorded that in the church year 2005-2006, the department raised a whopping Rs 4, 99, 53, 427/- through “handful of rice” program. The spiritual life of the churches are

also kept burning by the regular attendance of women in worship services, their ardent prayers and faith activities at home and beyond. Women’s role in giving us a present and a future must be acknowledged and their presence in our midst celebrated and welcomed. 3. Rahab is an excellent example of the highest kind of God’s impartiality (verses 17-21) The spies made a sort of covenant with Rahab for saving their lives. She was asked to tie a red thread on the window of her house so as to be spared on the day of attack. The red thread is a type of the Passover (Ex 12:7, 13, 22) whereby the Israelites were instructed by God to slaughter a lamb and its bold smeared on their door so that when the angel of death comes to strike the Egyptian firstborns (animal and human) he would passover their homes and deliver them from death. As a foreigner Rahab could not be asked to do the same (Ex 12:43). She had to be content with an alternative sign with similar significance. Christians today observe a parallel kind of Passover in which Jesus himself is the Paschal lamb. The Lent season, especially the Holy/Passion week is an occasion to remember the price God paid to liberate us from all sin and bondages. He gave his only son as the lamb whose blood suffices for our deliverance. Jesus, in his life and ministry perfectly exemplified the heart and mind of God even in relations to gender. He never had problem recognizing their worth as human created in the image of God as men are. That women are generally not as much valued as men, that they are not treated with as much dignity as men, and that they are not allowed access to all opportunities as men, is not a creation of God. It is not in the plan of God for women to be discriminated. It is a creation of human societies. It is human sinfulness that seeks to make a

hell on earth for certain groups of people-including women. The fact that the Saviour Jesus is humanly related to Rahab dismantles and crushes all our human construction not only of gender hierarchy but also of the false assumptions of racial, class, tribe, clan and national superiority. The question is do we have the mark of the Passover Lamb of God (Red Thread)? Has the suffering and death of Jesus Christ impacted our lives in such as way that we are freed not only from personal conditions of sin (‘original sin’) but from all sinful thoughts and practices that destroys lives and relationship, particularly between women and men? Excavator Kathleen Kenyon estimates that it is 3,300 plus years since the fall of Jericho. It is that long since Rahab delivered the Israelites to Canaan at the expense of her life in the hands of the King of Jericho. It is also that long since she and her family received divine deliverance from destruction as a result of a ‘covenantal sign’. But how is our attitude towards our women today? Have we as women and men received deliverance from gender prejudices and such? How do we in general view our mother who gave us birth, our daughter/s, our sisters, our wives, girlfriends, female colleagues, women on the street and public transportation? Do we see them as of less value than our fathers, sons, brothers, husbands, male friends, male colleagues, and even male strangers? The blood of Jesus – the saviorhas become the sign to remind us that we need not stay back in the Jericho of our male-centered and misogynistic systems, thoughts and cultures but to be liberated towards a Canaan of mutual respect, love and kinship especially between women and men.

on the Dimapur violence

t was a terrible tragedy that unfolded in Dimapur recently, and all because of some thugs, a highly inefficient administration, an inept police force and an indifferent government. And now we have the sanctimonious Noke group trying to get political mileage out of the tragic situation. The argument that the DC and SP have been victimised by their suspension is downright stupidity. Who are they kidding? The DC is just the authority to take necessary action to prevent such trouble. Anyone who does not have the will or the spine for necessary decisions and the efficiency for prompt action, should be removed from such sensitive posts. One wonders if the same people in the Noke group also demanded the resignation of the then Chief Minister and Home Minister (now in their camp??) when Dimapur went through hell a few years back. Then, as we common people remember, a highly callous and inefficient administration was left scot-free. Please spare the people now, of your politics. The attack of the Central Jail was unjustified by any yardstick. The sordid affair of dragging out the alleged rapist and all the events that followed are condemnable by all human standards. The investigation should ensure that all the criminal elements involved in this entire episode be identified, booked and prosecuted, without fear or favour. Guns were used by some goons during this event. Their affiliation, if any, with the NPGs should also be ascertained. A thorough inquiry into the alleged rape and interrogation of the third person in this squalid affair as well, is necessary. The defiling of the young impressionable minds of most of the protesters, who were in, and barely out of their teens, was an added dimension to this tragedy. They were made to partake in human degradation of the highest order. Counselling by experts engaged by their respective schools may be necessary. Hopefully, the sequence of events is soon a distant, blurred memory. Muslim Council of Dimapur, thank you for the positive message to the other parts of India. That was indeed necessary, and timely. But, please leave the identity issue of the deceased to the investigating agencies. An important thing here is that, no matter who it was, IBI or others, the whole episode was utterly wrong and has no place in any civilised society. This was a crime of the highest order; a crime against humanity. During the entire episode, where was the Home Minister? Tension had been running high in Dimapur for some days with the minister blissfully unaware. A British Parliamentarian would have immediately owned responsibility and stepped down as a matter of honour, even after doing his/her best. But is there honour amongst us in “Nagaland for Christ”? The minister, as it appears allowed the situation to escalate, by turning a blind eye, till tragedy violently struck. Well Hon’ble Minister, we know that you will not take responsibility nor reDr Eyingbeni-Humtsoe-Nienu sign as these mundane matters are beneath your dignity. Faculty at Clark Theological College, Mokokchung Prof. G.T. Thong, Nagaland University

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‘Horrific’ Nagas

hat Nagas could not achieve in the last few decades, getting global recognition, some of our misdirected youths have achieved in the few hours of mob fury with their hasty, ill-thought of, barbaric action on March 5, 2015 when an alleged rapist, Syed Farid Khan was dragged out of jail and lynched to death. It is not just the local or mainstream media in India which has flashed this unpleasant story in their front pages but even international media houses like the New York Times decided to give it prominence given perhaps the extreme brutality on display, at par with the horrific atrocities committed by ISIS in recent times. People from across the world have been expressing their horror and disgust on what happened at Dimapur on March 5. As one comment states, “the two worst crimes in the world are rape and murder….their country (Nagaland) is less one rapist but gained a hundred murderers”. Another comment referring to the crowd surrounding the alleged rapist says that “they have no compassion or reason”, certainly a poor reflection of calling ourselves Christians. It has dented our image in front of the world. We are all aware that whether it was the Naga National Council (NNC) under the leadership of AZ Phizo or the recent initiative of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), attempts have been made to internationalize the Naga political issue and draw support and sympathy from other nations and peoples to our cause. The State government through the Hornbill Festival had also invested a lot of time and money to promote Naga culture and way of life to the outside world. In the last few years, Nagaland has been able to attract a lot of visitors, both national and international, eager to know, learn, help and engage with our people on a number of issues ranging from development, education, health, tourism, culture, music etc. All these have started to take place despite apprehension, as portrayed in the media, about the safety of traveling or investing in ‘trouble torn’ Nagaland. Until now, much of the concern centered on ‘insurgency’ or the armed conflict between Naga nationals and India’s armed forces. A decade long ceasefire and peace process in place had helped in removing some of the impediment that stood in the way of creating a favorable atmosphere and promoting Nagaland as a vibrant and safe destination for business and travel. The years of stereotype, especially in the mass media, about the negative image of Nagas and Nagaland was starting to change for the better. More importantly, young Nagas were at the forefront of this change. They were beginning to raise their voices against many of the ills in society and questioning the existing system. The emerging Naga youths were seen as vibrant, enterprising, hardworking, progressive and ready to pave way for a better Nagaland as against the old system of corruption, violence, social decay and economic backwardness. The brutal and barbaric lynching of a rape accused by an unruly mob, mostly young people, goes against the very tenet of the progressive change that new Nagaland aspired for. Given that young people were seen as the new hope, what happened on March 5 is most disappointing. Certainly it was not a brave act. Thousands against one person was an act of cowardice. In a most recent editorial ‘Peace and Conflict’, this writer had stated that “Nagas tend to be hasty and emotional when it comes to dealing with situations” and that “we don’t think and reason as much as we should”. One suggestion mentioned was on the “need to train our minds to think better and reason well” given that “many a times Nagas have this habit of doing things without looking at the consequences of our actions”. Another observation made was that “we like to take the law into our own hands” indicating “the absence of rule of law and the governance deficit”. All these are food for thought for the Nagas as we reflect on this horrific shame that has come to us. Think about it… This is the first of a two part series of edits related to the March 5, 2015 incident. The second part will be published next Monday under the same column (Feedback can be sent to consultingeditormex@gmail.com)

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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

conquering Hate

Thought-Provoking Question: Can we Nagas still love the Indian people after having suffered so much under their military brute force and political suppression of our national aspiration? What does God say? Read Jonah 4:1-11 Jonah was a hard-core Jewish nationalist. It was through his prophetic influence that the boundary of the Israelites was extended under Joash, king of Judah (2 Kings 14:23-25). But Jonah suffered from a narrow nationalistic mind-set and racial hate. This was not without reason. The Ninevites had committed many atrocities against his people, the Jews, in the past. But as far as God was concerned, Jonah could not serve Him as long as he had hate in his heart. So through a traumatic experience, God had to teach Jonah a lesson that He desires people of all nations to experience His love. Okay, so now what? I grew up hating the Indian people. When the Indian Army invaded Nagaland, they started shelling bombs into our Jotsoma village for around a week. Finally, our villagers had to flee for their lives and hide within thick jungles and leech-infested valleys. That the Indian Army did all these to my villagers perhaps sowed the first seed of bitterness within me even as a little boy. Then having heard that the Indian people turned against my uncle A. Z. Phizo for the freedom he had fought for so hard added more fuel to my hatred. With the exception of Subhas Chandra Boss, Mahatma Gandhi, Rajagopalachari, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Gopinath Bordoloi, both Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel wanted Phizo to give up his vision of a free, independent Naga nation. But when he refused, they called him a trouble-maker, an extremist, a rebel, an enemy of India. My worst feeling of anger, however, was when the Indian Army killed my favorite uncle, Dobou Chase. Though known by others as the Speaker of the NNC General Assembly, for me he was just my favorite “Ami” (uncle). Often he would have me on his laps and tell me stories after stories of God’s miraculous protection of our national workers. When I lost him, I was determined to kill the Indian people someday. How did I overcome my hate? Well, I should say I didn’t on my own. It was really God who helped me to overcome my racial hate. He has helped me to see the Indian people through His eyes, and not through my own hate-filled nationalistic mind-set. He told me, “Get up and go to some part of India as a missionary.” How do you deal with your feeling of hate? If you nurse hate, it will only paralyze you. For a change, try love…because love will make you an overcomer. Prayer: Lord, forgive me for any racism and prejudice I’ve had for people of other races and cultures. Give me a love for all people so they too may know Your love. Amen. Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

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World Misses Its Potential by Excluding 50% of Its People Ahead of global summit, experts note progress made on equity for women is not outweighed by the enormous gaps that remain

he meeting is billed as one of the biggest single gatherings of women activists under one roof. According to the United Nations, over 1,100 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and more than 8,600 representatives have registered to participate in this year’s session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Described as the primary intergovernmental body mandated to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, the 45-member CSW will hold its 59th sessions Mar. 9-20. About 200 side events, hosted by governments and U.N. agencies, are planned alongside official meetings of the CSW, plus an additional 450 parallel events by civil society organisations (CSOs), both in and outside the United Nations. Their primary mission: to take stock of the successes and failures of the 20-year Platform for Action adopted at the historic 1995 Women’s Conference in Beijing. The achievements are limited, say CSOs and U.N. officials, but the unfulfilled promises are countless. The reason is simple, warns Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: “We cannot fulfill 100 percent of the world’s potential by excluding 50 percent (read: women) of the world’s people.” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein says the U.N.’s 193 member states have to go beyond “paying lip service” towards gender equality. They should “genuinely challenge and dismantle the power structures and dynamics which perpetuate discrimination against women.” But will they? Yasmeen Hassan, global executive director of Equality Now, told IPS in the Beijing Platform for Action, 189 governments pledged to “revoke any remaining laws that discriminate on the basis of sex”. Twenty years later, just over half of the sex discriminatory laws highlighted in three successive Equality Now reports have been revised, appealed or amended, she said. “Although we applaud the governments that took positive action, we are concerned that so many sex discriminatory laws remain on the books around the world,” Hassan noted. Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, international coordinator at Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, a programme partner of the International Civil Society Action Network, told IPS she was happy to see the latest draft of the Beijing + 20 Political Declaration, presented by the Bureau of the CSW, expressing “concern that progress has been slow and uneven and that major gaps and obstacles remain in the implementation of the 12 critical areas of concern of the Beijing Platform for Action.” “And it [has] recognized that 20 years after the Fourth World Conference on Women [in Beijing], no country has achieved equality for women and girls; and that significant levels of inequality between women and men persist, and that some women and girls experience increased vulnerability and marginalization due to multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.” “This is a reality check on the part of the member states, which is welcomed by the Global Net-

here’s a new global development bank in town. And whether it stands to threaten or bolster the long entrenched World Bank and IMF, its presence will likely change the dynamics of development financing for the world. The BRICS — a bloc of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — announced last summer that they were founding a “New Development Bank” to compete with Western-dominated financial institutions. Each country has contributed $10 billion to the pot for financing development projects, much like the World Bank currently does. Colloquially termed the “BRICS Bank,” it will be headquartered in Shanghai and given an Indian president. Its board of governors will be chaired by a Russian and its board of directors by a Brazilian. For the past 70 years, the World Bank and the IMF — the linchpins of the Western-led Bretton Woods system — have financed economic development and provided balanceof-payment support to indebted countries, respectively. Originally conceived by the liberal economist John Maynard Keynes, the institutions have many shortcomings. They’ve earned a bad reputation in the developing world for imposing harsh loan conditions on vulnerable countries and for being insufficiently representative of the changing global power balance, particularly with respect to large emerging economies. A special grievance of the BRICS is that the IMF has failed to change the shares of voting power awarded to developing countries, even as they’ve grown to comprise ever larger percentages of the world economy. The quota system — that is, the monetary contributions that determine voting percentages in the IMF — is supposed to reflect the GDP of each country within

work of Women Peacebuilders and the rest of civil society,” she added. Speaking specifically on reproductive health, Joseph Chamie, a former director of the U.N. Population Division, told IPS the work of the CSW is important and it has contributed to improving women’s lives. Pointing out the important areas of health and mortality, he said, when the CSW was established seven decades ago, the average life expectancy at birth for a baby girl was about 45 years; today it is 72 years, which, by any standards, is a remarkable achievement. With respect to reproductive health, he said, great strides have been achieved. In addition to improved overall health and lower maternal mortality rates, most women today can decide on the number, timing and spacing of their children. “Simply focusing attention, policies and programmes on the inequalities and biases that women and girls encounter, while largely ignoring those facing men and boys, will obstruct and delay efforts to attain true gender equality and the needed socio-economic development for everyone,” Chamie warned. According to U.N. Women, only one in five parliamentarians is a woman. Approximately 50 per cent of women worldwide are in paid employment, an increase from 40 per cent more than 20 years ago, with wage inequality persistent. At the present rate of progress, said U.N. Women, it will take 81 years for women to achieve parity in employment. In 2000, the groundbreaking Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security recognised the need to increase women’s role in peacebuilding in post-conflict countries. Yet, from 1992 to 2011 only 4 per cent of signatories to peace agreements and nine per cent of negotiators at peace tables were women. Hassan told IPS there are still laws that restrict women’s rights in marriage (women not allowed to enter and exist marriages on the same basis as men; appointing men as the head of a household; requiring wife obedience; allowing polygamy; setting different ages of marriage for girls and boys). There are also laws that give women a lower personal status and less rights as citizens (women not being able to transmit their nationality to husbands and children; women’s evidence not equal to that of a man; restriction on women traveling).

And women being treated as economically unequal to men (less rights to inheritance or property ownership; restrictions on employment); and laws that promote violence against women (giving men the right to rape their wives; exempting rapists from punishment for marrying their victims; allowing men to chastise their wives). “The fact that these laws continue to exist shows that many governments do not consider women to be full citizens and as such it is not possible to make progress on the goals set 20 years ago,” Hassan said. Cabrera-Balleza told IPS the CSW political declaration also states that member states reaffirm their “political will and firmly commit to tackle critical remaining gaps and challenges and pledge to take concrete further actions to transform discriminatory social norms and gender stereotypes,” among other very good promises. This is where the crux of the matter lies, she said. “We’ve heard these promises many times before from past CSW sessions and yet recent data, such as those from the World Health Organisation (WHO), indicate the following: • 35 percent of women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or nonpartner sexual violence in their lifetime; • on average, 30 percent of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their partner.” Globally, she said, as many as 38 percent of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. She predicted that issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights will remain contentious in this CSW, as in previous years. “It also worries me that while thousands of women have died and many more continue to suffer because of ongoing conflicts as well as violent extremism around the world, none of this is addressed in the political declaration.” Sadly, the U.N. continues to operate in silos, she said. The Security Council remains disconnected with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) under which the CSW functions. “Having said all of this, I want us, in civil society, to push the envelope as far as possible in this 59th CSW session,” she added.

BRICS bank: A New Global Development Bank in Town The new BRICS bank could rival the IMF or fall flat on its face. Either way, it's a sign of shifting global power and influence Kaja Baum the global economy. Among the BRIC countries, China and India have been particularly shortchanged, as their voting share has failed to keep pace with their rapid economic development. China, which is responsible for 15.4 percent of the world’s GDP, holds only 3.8 percent of the IMF vote. India, with 5.4 percent of global GDP, holds just over 2.3 percent. Reforms to the quota system are badly overdue. And the U.S. Congress recently failed to approve changes in the U.S. share that would decrease it by a miniscule 0.5 percent while still preserving the largest portion of any state ( 1 6 p e rc e n t , where an 85-percent majority is needed to pass reforms). For many developing countries, moreover, the IMF in particular has become more of a cringing last resort than a resource for economic growth. “If you are going to ignore the winners of the global economic game,” wrote Dr. Roslyn Fuller, a researcher with the INSYTE Group consulting firm, “and subject the losers…to an impossible web of harsh conditions and crony capitalism, it shouldn’t be too surprising that these two camps might someday get together.” And that is precisely

what’s happened. The IMF’s inability to keep up is “a permanent sign that global governance is a mess,” as former Goldman Sachs asset chief Jim O’Neill puts it. Its legitimacy continues to erode as its more powerful members — mostly in the West — have, Fuller observes, “abused their position at those institutions in the service of their own national interests.” In light of this, a major focus of the new BRICS Bank seems to be properly proportional representation. More significantly, its lending requirements are expected to be quite different from the IMF and World Bank’s, since the BRICS economies differ significantly from the developed world’s model — particularly in the cases of China and Russia. This is good news for developing countries for whom the IMF’s penchants for currency devaluation, austerity measures, and privatization leave a sour taste. But the Bretton Woods institutions have not been overtly hostile to the new arrangement. The World Bank has even welcomed the BRICS bank, though World Bank president Jim Kim has sought to frame it as a response to developmental chal-

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lenges within the BRICS countries themselves. The BRICS, he said, have “an enormous infrastructure deficit that simply can’t be met by a single institution, certainly not the World Bank in and of itself. So, for us the BRICS Bank is quite a natural extension of the need for more investment in infrastructure.” Yet it’s not all kumbayas and rosy promises. While the New Development Bank shares equal contributions and voting power, the other new BRICS institution — the Contingency Reserve Arrangement, with $100 billion in capital — was largely capitalized by China. This creates a golden opportunity for China to dominate the BRICS much as the West has done with the IMF, potentially consolidating its own interests (such as territorial disputes in the South China Sea) rather than mutual growth. Walden Bello further points out that the BRICS rely on largely export-based economies — particularly in China, which has led to stagnation and serious growing pains, including increasing unrest over inequality and environmental contamination. How does one developing economy develop another while facing its own issues? This, coupled with suspicion that the establishment of these institutions is based more on the politics surrounding the IMF and the priorities of the BRICS countries than a concern for shared development, sows doubt about the future. Whether the BRICS Bank does end up challenging the hegemony of the IMF and World Bank, assisting in the further need for investment, or falling flat on its face, its presence is a sure sign of shifting power and influence in global finance. If it’s successful, it could someday rival the IMF and World Bank as the primary funder for development and assistance. Or at the very least, it could engender some much need competition to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of global development.

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9 March 2015

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ulembe! is a form of greetings amongst the amongst the Luhya people of western Kenya. Their neighbors, the Luo, have adopted the greeting and also honour each other when they meet with Mirembe! Mulembe or Mirembe translates as peace or harmony. In the history of the Luhyaand Luopeople, there is a tree that is so revered and cherished that people would never cut it, not even trim its branches, however desperate they may be for firewood or building material.This tree is also called Mulembe amongst the Luhya and Mirembe amongst the Luo. This column finds inspiration in the beliefs of my people, rooted in our traditions and culture. I was fortunate to grow up in urban Nairobi but with frequent trips to our rural ancestral home in western Kenya during school holidays. I benefitted from the education system in the capital as well as the education from the wisdom of my people in rural western Kenya. My grandparents, Kwara Odera K’Ogwande and Dana Josephina Ongecha Nyo’Tenda, were most influential in my education. My grandfather was a Luo while my grandmother was a Luhya. Through words and deedsthey taught me what is meant to be a descendant of people who cherished Mirembe in a world of struggle. The stories I listened to and the encounters I had in both rural and urban Kenya are the raw material of my Mirembe stories. My grandmother was a great storyteller and her idea was that if you hear a story you must make it your own and retell it. And, if you did not like the story, then you were duty bound to create one. I hope that the stories you are about to read in this column will nurture the Mirembe tradition and that you, too, will do you part in ensuring the generations to come find the Mirembe tradition still standing – taller, stronger and stubbornly resilient.

or some reason, my father considered it his national duty to dispatch me to our rural home as soon as schools closed for April, August and December holidays. I was raised in urban Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, where my father worked with the Kenya Posts and Telecomunications. The 17 hour journey from Nairobi to Luanda, in western Kenyawas, in itself, education. From the age of 12, I made countless back-and-forth journeys on the Kenya-Uganda railway. Some villagers called me “a child of the Iron Snake.” I must confess though that initially, I viewed the trips to the village as some form of punishment. How come, my young mind curiously asked itself, my father only picked on me yet I was not even the eldest of my three siblings? Why should I always be the one to give

ow can we address the global threat to women's rights with no space for girls’ - or even women’s - voices at the UN? How will we design a post-2015 framework that responds to the needs of the most marginalized? 2015 is a milestone year that stands at the intersection of several major anniversaries for human rights and development. Perhaps most visibly, this is the 15th anniversary of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and therefore the year world leaders will formally close out the Millennium Charter and adopt a new global development framework. For women and girls, it’s the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and its crucial policy framework, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. One would think, therefore, that 2015 would be a year in which the global community would come together and imagine new rights standards that will set lofty goals for the next generation. Yet so far, this does not seem to be the case. Rather, global leaders are taking a more cautious - or even overtly conservative - approach to negotiations on women’s and girls’ rights. Advocates must not only push governments to set new standards, but must ensure they simply affirm, or worse still, not lose ground on, old ones. Deniz Kandiyoti wrote recently on openDemocracy 50.50 about the transnational alliances that are working to take “all matters relating to sexuality, to the control of female bodies, and to reproductive choice” out of the realm of civic deliberation. “Such is the momentum,” said Kandiyoti “…that the UN failed to pass a resolution for a Fifth

Mirembe! by Babu Ayindo

Urban to Rural Migration

up the comfort of the life in the city, with its lights, tap water and Black and White TV, for the rural life full of fire flies, trips to the river and the transitor radio as the only connection to the rest of the world? A few days before my travel from urban Nairobi to Rural western Kenya, my father would send a telegram (dear reader, would you like me to provide a footnote explaining what a telegram is?) to my Grandparents forewarning the entire village of my impending arrival. Since telegrams were charged for every word, my father’s messages would be crisp: “Babu arrives on Saturday. Meet him.” In the world of telegrams, word is money. Since my father and all his four brothers had jobs in Nairobi, my travels also had an element of self-interest on their part. These fathers of mine would all save for three months and then use my travel as the opportunity to honor their obligations of supporting the extended family in the village. You could therefore say that I served as the de facto Western Union for our rural economy. But my father and his brothers did not trust my competence as a reliable custodian of the fruits of their labour; they were afraid I would doze off even before the train snaked its way to Warufaga station (the British called it Elburgon) and lose all their money. So, what those little dictators of mine would do was wrap the money (which included coins) in a plastic bag, carefully arrange it inside one of my side pockets and then meticulously stitch the pocket! That way, they were sure that however adventurous I wanted to become during the long train journey, the money would arrive in its rural destination intact. Oh, I should briefly tell you about who built the railway line. It is written in the big history books that around 1896, the colonial British imported over 30,000 people from India as the core labour in building the over 1,000 kilometres of railway from the port of Mom-

basa in Kenya to Kampala in Uganda. It is a sad story this building of the railway line. It is a story crying to be told and retold. Many people died during the building of the “Iron Snake.” But that is a story for another day. As the locomotive coughed and puffed its way to the final station, Luanda, I would look out for that warm and toothy smile that no one else could radiate but our one and only Josephina Ongecha Nyo’Tenda, my grandmother. We affectionately and respectfully called her “Dana.” As soon as I alighted in Luanda I would feel that somewhere amidst the traders jostling to sell bananas, sim-sim, groundnuts and other edibles I would hear that unmistakable call out in a mixture of Dho'Luo and Olu'Luhya: “Chwora, Omusacha wanje!” [my husband, my husband!]. This would then be followed with prolonged hugs which, as an adolescent, were at once loving and embarrassing. It was a contradiction I was happy to live with. The 6 kilometre walk from Luanda train station to our village in Koga was always refreshing after 17 hours in a metalic cabin. The only bit that I did not like was that my grandmother would greet and have small talk with virtually everyone she met. You would think she was campaigning for some political office. Once is a while she would stop and the conversation with this stranger would run into 10 or 15 minutes. After the regular arrival protocols of partaking of a meal and updating everyone about what was happening in that “crazy place called Nairobi”, Dana would secretly indicate to me to find the earliest opportunity to consult with her in her bedroom. It was a sign language that only grandsons and their Danas could decipher. Even during the day, it would take a while for my “city eyes” to get accustomed to the semi-dark environment of her bedroom. Armed with a razor blade and a smile, Dana would proceed to meticilously cut through the stitched pocket, carefully empty its contents, and

then sit quietly as I relayed the dictatorial messages from Nairobi, detailing which note or what coin was from who and to whom it was supposed to be given. Dana would then visit each hut in the village and deliver the good news. Then she would go and purchase some “good news” for my grandfather in the form of the traditional brew of our people. My grandfather, Odera K’Ogwande, a carpenter by profession, usually returned to the village in the evenings after dark and it seemed to me that the brew helped him think through about the future of Africa. During one of my many visits, one encounter with my grandfather – whom we affectively and respectfully called Kwara – is etched in my memory. I was 16, a moment in the village when the transition to adulthood begins in earnest. My grandfather asked me to join him outside. He had lit a fire. I sat for with him under the umbrella of near-total darkness. The fire flies were enjoying their dance. Sitting out there in silence I noticed the doors of the huts closing as midnight approached. Yet Kwara said very little. After the long silence, Kwara Odera K’Ogwande told me in a firm voice: "My grandchild, the things I am about to tell you tonight are the deep secrets of our people. You can only reveal any part of it one condition: when such a revelation would contribute to resolving a problem or help the search for "kwe" (peace)." This was followed by another round of silence. It was well past midnight when Kwara began narrating in a deep voice. From time to time, Kwara would check with me if I really understood what he was saying, particularly when he used metaphors and parables. Almost instinctively, my grandfather grabbed the white plastic container from under his seat and emptied the last drops of the finest brew of our people into his glass. As the flames struggled to claim their space in the moderately windy night, I noticed Kwara’s generous hand stretching out. I grabbed the glass and enjoyed a well calibrated sip, then returned the glass to him. He then took a slow deliberate sip as if to ease the burden of the secrets that he was placing upon my shoulders. He then placed the glass under his seat then slowly shifted his gaze to the bright moon. I, too, joined him in gazing at the moon as it kissed the valleys surrounding Koga village. From the distance, I heard the first cock crow, boldly announcing the beginning of another day. Kwara concluded the story of our people and told me to go have some rest. On my way to my grandmother’s hut, I looked back and saw his silhouette still staring at the bright moon. To date, 30 years later, I have kept the solemn promise.

The world's girls: no voice, no rights World Conference on Women from fear of the consequences of re-opening international agreements on women’s rights.” Indeed, thanks to the growing trend Kandiyoti describes, this inauspicious Beijing anniversary year finds advocates headed to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) next month with a tepid draft outcome document - and one that will have been pre-negotiated, signed, sealed and delivered before they have even set foot in the UN complex. A small point on process, perhaps, but one worth exploring further: Typically, the CSW outcome document - the Agreed Conclusion - are negotiated during the course of the two weeks of Commission meetings. Thousands of feminist activists attend the CSW, host side events and lobby governments for their particular advocacy objectives. This year, there are no Agreed Conclusions, and the outcome document - a “political declaration,” - is being negotiated as we speak, a month in advance of the meetings. According to some, the decision to pre-negotiate a political declaration marking the 20th anniversary of Beijing was an effort to avoid the inevitable conservative backlash against affirmations of gender equality and female empowerment, an evasive maneuver to avoid reversing progress. Sound familiar? It should. Ann Marie Goetz and Joanne Sandler similarly point out in their article, Women's rights have no country, that the same line of thinking led to

Lyric Thompson the ultimate decision not to mark the 20th anniversary of the ICPD with an international conference last year, and indeed that many women’s rights advocates “breathed a sigh of relief when UN Member States failed to pass a resolution in favour of holding a Fifth World Conference” for fear of losing momentum on women’s rights. This is an impossible position for an activist, particularly a young activist: to have the fire in one’s belly of wanting to push for newer, better rights standards that build upon those important platforms of Beijing and Cairo you’ve inherited, yet “knowing better”… knowing, or very strongly suspecting, that to do so might actually roll back those very rights standards the community holds dear. Certainly, it can be conceded, that a prenegotiated document might be preferable if it were allowed to not only reaffirm existing standards, but also imagine new ones. Rights through the back door are still rights, one could suppose. But instead, the draft Declaration is a bland document lacking strong commitments to human rights, to adolescent girls, and to sexual and reproductive rights, among others. The pre-negotiated nature means the whole affair will be settled well before the thousands of activists who go to great trouble and expense to travel to New York from all over the world have arrived. It

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is then left to only those groups with permanent representation in New York - many of which, thank goodness, are strong and inclusive coalition leaders who funnel information and engagement opportunities back and forth to the global sisterhood with incredible speed and efficiency - to represent our global interests, in the ever-winnowing space that they have to do so. For no population is there a greater risk of being left off the agenda entirely, even after a year when global attention to them has arguably been at its highest (see Malala’s Peace Prize), than adolescent girls. At the first reading of the draft Declaration, which took place at the UN on 29 January, one government representative stated that Beijing did not address girls and therefore neither should the CSW review. The official had clearly overlooked the final critical area, part L, on “The Girl Child,” where governments explicitly asserted girls’ human rights to live free of abuse, discrimination, forced marriage and other harmful traditional practices, the current draft is noticeably deficient in attention to the specific rights, needs and assets of girls. This comes on the heels of similar developments in the post-2015 process. Late last year, the Secretary General released a much-anticipated report outlining his proposed framework for the post-2015, sustainable development agenda. It left much to be desired. Absent was a call for a standalone gender goal (though he did endorse

the Open Working Group’s draft framework as a starting-point for negotiations). His report, too, lacked any reference to adolescent girls, who decades of research shows, are an important element of any effort to alleviate poverty. ICRW’s research has shown that when girls are treated equally at home and in public, they feel safer in school and are more likely to continue their education, which leads to more informed citizens, workers, souses and parents who can contribute to sustainable development. In Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia and India has further demonstrated the importance of empowering girls to change discriminatory knowledge, attitudes and practices - all of which was called for in Beijing, and that girl-focused programs expand girls’ ability to make strategic life choices by providing them with access to critical resources. It was as true in Beijing in 1995 as it is now: the global community must invest in girls themselves, in proven approaches that empower them to be agents of change. Yet instead, in this important anniversary year, the community of feminist and girl advocates finds the global debate at the intersection of fundamentally important rights and development policy processes that make no room for their participation and hence, unsurprisingly, make no mention of their rights and needs. How will we build on Beijing with no space for girls’ or even women’s - voices at the UN? How will we design a post-2015 framework that responds to our needs without articulating goals and targets designed to advance the most marginalized? How indeed?

POll RESulTS

Are you satisfied with the way in which the Nagaland government is handling the Swine Flu in the state? Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes. I am not in Nagaland currently but I am being told by my family that there is a Vaccination given to every member of the household in every locality. • Yes, the government is creating the impression that they are doing some positive things, but whether it has taken practical measures I don’t know. Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • No there is no enough information being disseminated by the State health authorities thus leading to a lot of rumors and the potential for panic. • NAGAS are not ready, as the state does not even have well equipped materials and is also lacking in development. • A very big NO. No proper clinic or special wards. No testing lab. General public will be at the losing end. • Technically speaking we yet lack facilities and expertise in counter measures as well management agencies if it's pandemic • No, Because, medications have not been introduced into schools, colleges & offices. Medicines should be given just to prevent it. • NO, Though some steps are taking, the government is missing out the virus test facility availability to the citizens in stretching to every corner of the state. Should

be made mandatory and free as well as easily. sease. May the heavenly God protect me and my • Besides press releases and some public notification family. Being a poor man, I dont think I could be able we dont really see any conto afford even the diagnosis crete steps being taken by which I hoped it (free screenthe Nagaland government ing) to be provided by the to indicate that the are doing govt in govt Hospitals, but anything to combat swine failed. I recently have been flu in Nagaland. This was sent by a govt Doctor to actually an opportunity for get the blood of my patient the government to show its tested and chest xrayed at capability that it can handle his private chamber. By the the situation. But alas it has grace of God that patient mucked up everything. was not of that virus. • Sorry I haven't seen any • No. Maybe the department is progress or precautionary working hard to take the premeasures taken by health cautionary measures but the dept or gov't public seems to be at a lost. • No precautionary meaFor instance with the distribusures is taken even in the tion of the medicine for Swu Naga Hospital Kohima. flu by a particular clinic in DiDoctors and nurses should mapur, a lot of people were be given full protection by rushing to collect the medithe concern authority, but it cine. However, the medical YES no OTHER seem a total failure. department response to that • No. Effective steps and precautions needed. was lackadaisical. When they should have given a clear • NO, I dont see anything gov'tal regarding this de- response to the distribution of the drugs and it's effici-

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cacy to prevent or protect against Swine flu. Without clear cut notification from the department, there will be an increase of paranoia in the public's mind as the number of detected cases rises. On the other hand there should be a drive to vaccinate those who have plans to travel outside the state because they can be carriers on returning, however there is no such provisions for vaccinations in the other districts including the capital district Kohima except in Dimapur. So, all those wanting to travel outside and wants to get vaccinated has to bear the inconvenience of rushing to Dimapur to avail the vaccination (correct me if I am wrong regarding this info). The handling of Swine flu rests in dessemination of proper information of the dos n don't s and that seems to be lacking. I just hope the department is prepared enough to protect it's own limited staff of doctor, nurses and other technicians if not the public. • Not at all. Seems the present govt. Is not even concern for the people of the state Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say • Some public information is being issued but it does not say what steps have been taken. • The government Public Relation system is very poor and needs to improve. This needs to be recitified because it is not building any confidence on the public.

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Prez, PM call for end to violence against women

New Delhi, March 8 (iaNS): President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for gender equity and decried violence against women as the government said it has initiated one-stop crisis centres that will provide assistance to women who face violence in any form. In his statement on International Women's Day, Mukherjee termed equality, liberty and dignity as women's "sacred rights". He asked the people to reaffirm their commitment to ensure gender equity and empowerment of womenfolk in India. The president also presented the 'Stree Shakti Puraskar' and 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' for the year 2014 at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan here. In a separate statement, Modi said: "Our heads hang in shame when we hear of instances of crime against women." Modi said his government has initiated several steps to help women who face violence and abuse. The prime minister said he "salutes the indomi-

Delhi to implement Verma's Comtt report on sexual assault soon

New Delhi, March 8 (iaNS): The Delhi government would soon set up fast-track courts and implement the recommendations of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee for ensuring speedy justice to the victims of sexual assault, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here on Sunday. Talking on the International Women's Day, Sisodia said the Delhi legislators and state government officials would be trained about the issues concerning women's safety. Setting up fast-track courts was one of table courage and stellar achievements of women. We must walk shoulder-toshoulder to end all forms of discrimination or injustice against women". He said the central government is setting up 'One-Stop Centres' that will provide assistance, legal advice and psychological counselling to women who face violence or abuse. Elaborating on the same, union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said the centres would in the first

the poll promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), while the Justice Verma Committee recommended amendments to the Criminal Law for quicker trial and enhanced punishment for those accused of committing sexual assault against women. "The Delhi government will organise orientation programmes for MLAs and senior officers of the government as well as for the volunteers in all the parts of the capital to train them for safeguarding the interests of women and for ensuring their safety in the society," said a statement quoting Sisodia.

phase come up one in each state. "If they are successful, then we will go in for more such centres," she said. The minister said the centres would be separate from police stations and hospitals and would also have facilities where women can stay for sometime if needed. Gandhi also said she has asked the finance minister to restore some part of the allocations for important schemes slashed in the union budget this year. In other events, over 30

Four kids burnt to death ghaziaBaD, March 8 (iaNS): Four children, were burnt to death in Ghaziabad when fire crackers kept inside a car exploded on Sunday afternoon, police said. The incident took place in Farookh Nagar locality in Sahibabad. Police said the explosion took place in the car in which fire crackers were kept to be taken to a wedding. Car owner Mohammad Rizwan had allowed five children from his family and neighbours to listen to music in the car. When one of the children switched on the music system, an explosion took place in which four children died on the spot and one sustained critical burn injuries. A criminal case against Rizwan has been registered at Sahibabad police station and he has been asked to present all necessary documents related to the fire crackers, said Ghaziaabad Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal. The bodies of the children have been sent for autopsy.

Minister loses job after official's suicide cheNNai, March 8 (iaNS): Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister "Agni" S.S. Krishnamoorthy, who came under attack after an engineer in his department committed suicide, has been dropped from the cabinet. A statement from Raj Bhavan on Saturday night said Governor K. Rosaiah had accepted Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam's recommendation to drop him from the council of ministers. Krishnamoorthy's portfolio has been given to R. Vaithialingam, who is also the minister for housing and urban development. Krishnamoorthy's ouster follows demands by political parties for his sacking after Muthukumarasamy, an engineer in the agricultural department, committed suicide last month. It was alleged that Muthukumarasamy was pressured by Krishnamoorthy's office to appoint certain people as drivers in the department. PMK founder S. Ramadoss demanded the arrest of the former minister for allegedly forcing Muthukumarasamy to take his life. This is the first time Panneerselvam has dropped a minister from his council ever since he assumed the post last year after AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa was jailed for corruption.

New Indian envoy to US New Delhi, March 8 (iaNS): Arun Kumar Singh, currently India's envoy to France, has been appointed the next ambassador to the US, the government announced on Sunday. Singh, an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1979 batch, is expected to take up his assignment shortly, the statement said. He replaces S. Jaishankar, who was appointed foreign secretary on January 28. Singh had earlier served as deputy chief of mission in Washington from October 2008 to April 2013. Prior to that, he was India's ambassador to Israel. He became ambassador to France in April 2013.He has also served at the important Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran division at the external affairs ministry.

organisations and NGOs came together to "assert women's freedom" and asked the prime minister to take action against those threatening the rights of women. The event, titled "Aath (8) March, Saath (together) March", included street plays and interactions to empower the women residents of the national capital and to inform them of their rights. It was organised at Jantar Mantar. Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Karan

JaMMu/SriNagar, March 8 (PTi): Strains showed up today in the week-old PDP-BJP coalition government over the release of hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam, with the saffron party slamming the “unilateral” decision and warning that such things would not be tolerated. BJP said the decision was not a part of Common Minimum Programme (CMP) on the basis of which the alliance government is being run in Jammu and Kashmir but PDP differed, insisting that it is in tune with the CMP. (Also read: PDP downplays Bharatiya Janata Party’s criticism of releasing separatist leader Masarat Alam) State BJP chief and MP Jugal Kishore Sharma said his party was not even consulted before the decision was taken. Senior state BJP leaders met here today to discuss the issue, he said, adding his party

rather than treating women like goddesses, the society should treat them as equals. Bachchan tweeted: 'Woman's Day' .. ?? A single day dedicated to women? But a woman dedicates every day of her life!!!" In Gurgaon, the admin-

istration gifted 'Women only' cabs to women. The initiative is part of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed on the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday by Deputy Commissioner T.L. Satyaprakash with pri-

vate firms to ensure safety and security of women in this Haryana city bordering Delhi. One MoU was signed for introducing 'women only' cabs and another for launching a mobile safety app.

will convey its “displeasure” to PDP leadership and ask it to follow the “coalition dharma”. BJP has taken “very seriously” the “unilateral” decision of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and the party is “deeply hurt”, he said about the release of the hardline separatist leader which has kicked up a major controversy. He said Sayeed did not take its coalition partner BJP into confidence before taking the decision to release Alam. ”We had no prior information or knowledge on his release. This is not our decision and we had not given our consent on this,” he told reporters. ”We are not going to tolerate any such statement or any such decision which is not as per the Common Minimum Programme that we had agreed upon. We have decided to convey our displeasure to our partner so

that such things do not happen in future,” he said. He underlined that this issue does not figure in the CMP. PDP spokesman and Education Minister Naeem Akhtar, on the other hand, said the decision was in line with the CMP which talks about engaging all stakeholders for establishing peace in Jammu and Kashmir. ”This (the release of Alam) has to be seen in proper perspective. It is an important part of our Common Minimum Programme to involve all stakeholders in the state, and across the Line of Control, for reconciliation and peace in the state,” Akhtar told PTI. “If you want to have a dialogue with all stakeholders, which includes these leaders, you cannot engage them by keeping them in jail without anything substantial against them,” he added.

New Delh, March 8 (PTi): As many as 1,121 complaints received by National Commission for Minorities over the last three years are yet to be resolved, according to an RTI reply. NCM received 7,629 complaints from April 2011-June 2014, out of which 1,121 or 14.7 per cent are still pending. In the same period, 3,344 complaints were settled by the Commission, while 2,137 were either forwarded to the authorities concerned or closed. Report was sought in 1,027 cases while proceedings in 1,121 cases are still in process. Moradabad-based RTI activist Salim Baig had filed a Right to Information application seeking information on the number of complaints received by NCM and their completion status. The maximum number of 3,090 complaints were received from Uttar Pradesh of which 463 cases are at the stage of hearing while 1,332 cases have been closed, according to NCM's reply. As many as 950 complaints have been forwarded to relevant authorities while report has been sought in 345 cases. The NCM received 900 complaints from Delhi, of which 149 are at a hearing stage while 358 have been closed. As many as 205 complaints received from Delhi have been forwarded while report was sought in 188 cases.

China says progress being 'Talking to opposition for bills passage in RS' Delhi, March 8 Bill, 2015 and Motor Vehicles are new ones. The government made on India border talks New (iaNS): The government is (Amendment) Bill, 2015 (both is constitutionally right in bring-

BeiJiNg, March 8 (reuTerS): Progress is being made on drawn-out border talks with India, China's foreign minister said on Sunday, likening the process to climbing a mountain that becomes harder the closer to the summit you get. The neighbouring giants have had numerous rounds of talks over the years without making much apparent process, in a dispute which dates back to a brief border war in 1962. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described the problem as one "leftover from history". "After many years of hard efforts, the border talks continue to make progress, and the dispute has been brought under control," Wang told reporters on the sidelines of China's annual meeting of parliament.

1942-2015 opinions, Vinod Mehta will be remembered as a fine journalist and writer. Condolences to his family on his demise." Born in Rawalpindi be-

Johar and Sonakshi Sinha and Shabana Azmi also came together and urged the society to treat women as equals throughout the year and not just assign them one day of the year. Veteran actress-social activist Shabana Azmi said

Stains in PDP-BJP government over 1,121 complaints pending release of separatist Masarat Alam with NCM in last three years

"At the moment, the boundary negotiation is in the process of building up small and positive developments," he said. China lodged an official protest last month when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited one of the border regions in dispute. China claims the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, calling it south Tibet. Chinese President Xi Jinping's largely successful trip to India last year was overshadowed by a stand-off between Chinese and Indian troops in Ladakh, another disputed area. Still, the nucleararmed neighbours have been trying to move past the issue and concentrate on their broader relationship, which has deep historical roots.

Eminent journalist Vinod Mehta, dies at 73 New Delhi, March 8 (iaNS): Vinod Mehta, one of India's best known journalists, died here on Sunday of multi-organ failure, doctors said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him "a fine journalist". The 73-year-old Mehta, who at one time worked as factory hand in Britain, passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), its spokesperson Amit Gupta told IANS. AIIMS said Mehta suffered from several neurological issues and had been bed-ridden for three to four months. He was admitted to AIIMS in critical state last week.Outlook group, which was the last major media group Mehta founded, announced the death of its foundereditor-in-chief "with deep sadness". Even after ceasing to be its editor, he was its editorial chairman. Modi said in a tweet: "Frank and direct in his

Indian woman gather for an event to mark International Women's Day, in New Delhi on Sunday, March 8. (AP Photo)

fore India's partition, Mehta's family moved to India when he was only three years old. He grew up in Lucknow, studying in the La Martinere school and

Lucknow University. His big moment came in 1974 when Mehta, at age 32, took up editing "Debonair", a men's magazine in India which boasted of serious articles as well as centre-folds. He later went on to launch other successful publications such as Sunday Observer, The Pioneer and Outlook. He also founded the Indian Post and The Independent newspapers. A gifted writer, Mehta authored a biography of Bollywood actress Meena Kumari and Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of slain prime minister Indira Gandhi. His much acclaimed memoir, "Lucknow Boy", came out in 2011. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Lucknow, said: "I express my heartfelt condolences... His demise has left a big void in the field of journalism."

talking to the opposition for a smooth passage of crucial bills in the Rajya Sabha where it is short of the required numbers, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Sunday. "We are talking to opposition parties for the passage of several bills. These bills are for larger national interest," Naqvi told IANS. "These bills will bring transparency and stop loot of public money. For example, the coal bill. So we are confident that we will convince the opposition," he added. The minister's comments came as two bills seeking to replace ordinances -- The Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment

passed by the Lok Sabha) -have been listed for consideration and passing on Monday in the Rajya Sabha. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014 is one of the three Bills already pending in the Rajya Sabha, for the withdrawal of which the government had moved motions which were deferred following the opposition's protest. The other two pending bills relate to hiking the FDI limit in the insurance sector and allocation of coal blocks through open bidding. Naqvi, however, said the new bills are different from old ones and the government had the right to bring them for passage in the upper house. "The bills that the Lok Sabha has passed

ing these bills," he said. During the first 2 weeks of the current Budget session, the Lok Sabha has passed 5 bills seeking to replace 5 ordinances, respectively relating to amending the Citizenship Act, introduction of e-rickshaws, allocation of coal mines through open bidding, hiking FDI in insurance sector and allocation of non-coal mineral resources through auction. The Rajya Sabha has passed three bills including the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill replacing the related ordinance, The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2014 and The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Persons) Amendment Bill, 2014, earlier passed by the Lok Sabha.

Grandparents demand right to access to grandchildren

BeNgaluru, March 8 (iaNS ): Two women's rights activists on Sunday demanded from the government an inheritance and succession-like law that would ensure grandparents' rights to be with their grand-children in cases of marital discord and breakdown. The activists, who are grandparents themselves, started on Saturday a signature-cum-awareness campaign, the first such initiative in the country, to demand a law to protect the rights of grandparents. "We are receiving a number of complaints from the elderly people that there is no law that protects their rights as grandparents in case of matrimonial discord of their children," Bangalore-based activist Sudha Rajashekar, coordinator of the campaign, told IANS. Rajashekar heads the grandparents' wing of the Child Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) based here. Another activist, Shobha Reddy (name changed), said she was not allowed to meet her grandchildren by her estranged daughter-in-law.

"My daughter-in-law is not allowing me to meet my grandchildren. As a result, I am under depression," she said. Seeking a law to safeguard the rights of elderly like her, she said: "She (daughter-in-law) wants her children to have a right over my property, but she is not allowing my grandchildren to stay with me even on weekends. We want some legal protection." Both Rajashekar and Reddy along with a handful of other activists started a campaign here to get a memorandum signed by grandparents who have fallen victims in their children's matrimonial discord. CRISP president Kumar V. Jahgirdar told IANS there is need for changes in the existing laws on rights of grandparents. He said grandparents, in general, feel ignored by law and society in relation to their demand and right to visit their grandchildren regularly. According to him, there are more than 20,000 cases pending in Bengaluru family courts and lakhs across the country and the silent victims are

mostly children who are deprived access to their grandparents. Jahgirdar's NGO has also been demanding the end of discrimination between maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents and that family courts should treat both equally. He said on the first day around 300 grandparents signed the memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The drive would be carried out in CRISP's regional chapters in Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Lucknow, he said. He quoted a Supreme Court bench as observing on August 27, 2008, in a matrimonial dispute: "We are of the view that the children should also not be alienated from the company and affection of their father or paternal grandparents." "In our view, the children require the care, love and affection, both of the father's side of the family as well as that of the mother and that none of them should be denied access to the children," the court said.

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MH370 report: Underwater locator beacon battery had expired

Family members and relatives of Chinese passengers on board the ill fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, write prayers on balloons during a remembrance event in a mall outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday, March 8. Families of the 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Sunday marked the anniversary of the plane’s disappearance, vowing to never give up on the desperate search for wreckage and answers to the world’s biggest aviation mystery. (AP Photo)

Kuala lumpur , march 8 (ap): The first comprehensive report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 revealed Sunday that the battery of the locator beacon for the plane’s data recorder had expired more than a year before the plane vanished on March 8, 2014. The report came as Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the hunt for the plane will not end even if the scouring of the current search area comes up empty. Apart from the anomaly of the expired battery,

the detailed report devoted pages after pages describing the complete normality of the flight, which disappeared while heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off aviation’s biggest mystery. Families of the 239 people who were on board the plane marked the anniversary of the Boeing 777’s disappearance, vowing to never give up on the desperate search for wreckage and answers to what happened to their loved ones. Despite an exhaustive search for the plane, no trace of it has been found.

In late January, Malaysia’s government formally declared the incident an accident and said all those on board were presumed dead. The significance of the expired battery in the beacon of the plane’s flight data recorder was not immediately apparent, except indicating that searchers would have had lesser chance of locating the aircraft in the Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed, even if they were in its vicinity. However, the report said the battery in the locator beacon of the

cockpit voice recorder was working. “The sole objective of the investigation is the prevention of future accidents or incidents, and not for the purpose to apportion blame or liability,” the report said. Even though the beacon’s battery had expired, the instrument itself was functioning properly and would have in theory captured all the flight information. The two instruments — commonly known as “black boxes” — are critical in any crash because

they record cockpit conversations and flight data through the end of a flight. The 584-page report by a 19-member independent investigation group went into minute details about the crew’s lives, including their medical and financial records and training. It also detailed the aircraft’s service record, as well as the weather, communications systems and other aspects of the flight. Nothing unusual was revealed, except for the previously undisclosed fact of the battery’s expiration date. The report said that according to maintenance records, the battery on the beacon attached to the flight data recorder expired in December 2012, but because of a computer data error, it went unnoticed by maintenance crews. “There is some extra margin in the design to account for battery life variability and ensure that the unit will meet the minimum requirement,” it said. “However, once beyond the expiry date, the (battery’s) effectiveness decreases so it may operate, for a reduced time period until it finally discharges,” the report said. While it is possible the battery will operate past the expiration date, “it is not guaranteed that it will work or that it would meet the 30-day minimum requirement,” it said.

The report gave insight into the physical and mental well-being of the flight’s pilot, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, saying he had no known history of apathy, anxiety or irritability. “There were no significant changes in his lifestyle, interpersonal conflict or family stresses,” it said. It also said there were “no behavioral signs of social isolation, change in habits or interest, selfneglect, drug or alcohol abuse” by Zaharie, his first officer or the cabin crew. Financial checks also showed nothing abnormal about their spending patterns. It said Zaharie held several bank accounts and two national trust funds. He had two houses and three vehicles, but there was no record of him having a life insurance policy. The co-pilot, First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid, had two savings accounts and a national trust fund. He owned two cars and “spent money on the upkeep” of his cars. “He does not have much savings in his bank account. He has a life insurance policy,” the report said. It also said 221 kilograms (487 pounds) of lithium ion batteries packed by Motorola Solutions in Malaysia’s Penang state didn’t go through security screening at Penang airport. The shipment was inspected physically by the airline

cargo personnel and went through customs inspection and clearance before it was sealed and left Penang a day before the flight. At the Kuala Lumpur airport, it was loaded onto the plane without any additional security screening. The report said the batteries were not regulated as dangerous goods. There were 99 shipments of lithium ion batteries on Malaysia Airlines flights to Beijing from January to May last year, it added. In Sydney on Sunday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the search for the plane would continue even if searchers scouring a 60,000-squarekilometer (23,166-squaremile) swath of the southern Indian Ocean off Australia’s west coast did not find it. Prior to Abbott’s comments, it was unclear what would happen if no clues were found in the search of that area, which is expected to end in May. “It can’t go on forever, but as long as there are reasonable leads, the search will go on,” Abbott told reporters. “We’ve got 60,000 square kilometers that is the subject of this search. If that’s unsuccessful, there’s another 60,000 square kilometers that we intend to search and, as I said, we are reasonably confident of finding the plane.” Meanwhile, family members of the passengers

and crew aboard the plane marked the anniversary of the plane’s disappearance. Voice 370, a support group for the relatives, hosted a “Day of Remembrance” at a mall in Kuala Lumpur with songs, poems and prayers. “It is important to highlight to the public that we still don’t have any answers and that we must pursue the search,” said Grace Subathirai Nathan, whose mother, Anne Daisy, was on the plane. “The lack of answers and definitive proof — such as aircraft wreckage — has made this more difficult to bear,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement. “Together with our international partners, we have followed the little evidence that exists. Malaysia remains committed to the search, and hopeful that MH370 will be found.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his government would provide “all needed service to every next of kin” and help uphold their “legitimate and lawful rights and interests.” Most of the plane’s passengers were Chinese. “A year has passed, the plane has not been located, but the search effort will continue,” Wang told a news conference in Beijing. “Today must be a difficult day for the next of kin. Our hearts are with you.”

‘Obama says learned Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State - audio clip China tells Japan to set march 8 (rE- attributed to Boko Haram leader trend that only led (us) to anticipate down historical baggage about Clinton’s emails lONdON, the release of this audio, mimicking uTErS): Nigeria’s militant Islamist Abubakar Shekau. Islamic State propaganda and ap- bEIJING, march 8 (ap): China’s foreign minister reThe audio script identified the Cagroup Boko Haram pledged allefrom news reports’ giance on Saturday to Islamic State, liph as Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim proach to military methods, and call- newed calls Sunday for senior Japanese leaders to abanWaShINGTON, march 8 (rEuTErS): U.S. President Barack Obama said he learned through news reports that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account for official business while she served as his secretary of state, CBS News reported on Saturday. “I’m glad that Hillary’s instructed that those emails about official business need to be disclosed,” Obama said, according to an excerpt of an interview with CBS released by the network. Clinton, seen as the front-runner for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2016, said on Wednesday she wanted the State Department to release the emails quickly. “I think that the fact that she is putting them forward will allow us to make sure that people have the information they need,” Obama said in the interview. “The policy of my administration is to encourage transparency, which is why my emails, the Blackberry I carry around, all those records are available and archived,” Obama added. The growing controversy over Clinton’s use of personal email for work while she was U.S. secretary of state threatens to cloud the expected launch of her campaign. Clinton tried to quell the growing controversy late on Wednesday, saying she wanted the State Department to release the emails quickly. But a senior State Department official told Reuters on Thursday the task would take time. “The review is likely to take several months given the sheer volume of the document set,” the official said. The State Department has said there was no prohibition during Clinton’s tenure on using personal email for official business as long as it was preserved. A total of 55,000 pages of documents covering the time Clinton was in office has been turned over, according to the State Department. But Clinton and her aides controlled that process, and the emails were not archived on government servers.

5 Nemtsov killing suspects arraigned mOScOW, march 8 (ap): Russian news agencies said Sunday one of the suspects in the killing of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has admitted involvement in the crime. Judge Nataliya Mushnikova said that Zaur Dadaev made a statement confirming his guilt, according to the reports. They did not specify his alleged actions. Dadaev is among five suspects detained in the Feb 27 killing, when Nemtsov was shot while walking on a bridge near the Kremlin. Another man, Anzor Gubashev, was charged in the killing, and a hearing for three other unnamed suspects was under way, court spokeswoman Anna Fadeeva said earlier Sunday. Dadaev and Gubashev were identified as suspects by Federal Security Service director Alexander Bortnikov a day earlier. Bortnikov gave no details of how the men were detained or specifics on how they were connected to the killings. However, the state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti said the pair was detained in Ingushetia, a republic bordering Chechnya, citing Ingush Security Council chief Albert Barakhoev. Dadaev served in a battalion of Interior Ministry troops in Chechnya, Barakhoev was quoted as saying. He said the other, Gubashev, had worked in a private security company in Moscow, according to the reports. There was scant information about the identity of the three other suspects. Barakhoev was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying two others were seized at the same time as Dadaev and Gubashev. But there had been no official announcement of their detention. Shortly before the court session began, Investigating Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin revealed there was a fifth suspect, but gave no details.

which rules a self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, according to an audio clip posted online. The symbolic move highlights increased coordination between jihadi movements across north Africa and the Middle East and prompted an appeal from Nigeria’s government for greater international help in tackling the Boko Haram insurgency. Boko Haram has killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds during its six-year campaign to carve out an Islamist state in northern Nigeria. In recent months it has increased crossborder raids into Cameroon, Chad and Niger. “We announce our allegiance to the Caliph ... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease,” read an English language translation of the audio broadcast in Arabic that purported to be from the Nigerian militant group. “We call upon Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the Caliph,” it read. The pledge of allegiance was

al-Awad al-Qurashi, who is better known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State and self-proclaimed caliph of the Muslim world. “(The audio) is confirming what we always thought. It’s sad, it’s bad,” said Nigerian government spokesman Mike Omeri. “It’s why we were appealing to the international community ... Hopefully the world will wake up to the disaster unfolding here,” he told Reuters. On Saturday, four bomb blasts killed at least 50 people in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri in the worst attacks there since Boko Haram militants tried to seize the town in two major assaults earlier this year. Mimicking Islamic State Islamic State’s Baghdadi has already accepted pledges of allegiance from other jihadist groups in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and north Africa. Analysts said Boko Haram’s move came as no surprise. “Boko Haram has followed a

ing its fighters soldiers of the Caliphate,” said Laith Alkhouri, director of the Middle East and North Africa research and jihadi threat intelligence at Flashpoint Partners. “The Islamic State, unlike al Qaeda, did not seem to shun Shekau, it accepted his thuggish persona and lack of Islamic knowledge.” This month, Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using advanced graphics and editing techniques similar to footage from Islamic State. “Boko Haram is now being elevated from a local jihadi group to an important arm of the Islamic State. With Boko Haram’s wide network in North Africa, the Islamic State’s projection of creating an Islamic Caliphate is gaining headway,” said Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group. “Furthermore, Islamic State’s infrastructure, resources and military capabilities will enable Boko Haram to expand its operations and control even faster in North Africa.”

don any attempt to water down their nation’s guilt over its World War II aggression against China and others. Looking ahead to this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of the war, Wang Yi told reporters at an annual briefing that history continues to haunt relations between Beijing and Tokyo. He said Japanese leaders had to choose whether to keep those feelings raw or to put history behind them. “Seventy years ago, Japan lost the war. Seventy years afterward, Japan must not lose its conscience,” Wang said. “Will it continue to carry the baggage of history or will it make a clean break with past aggression? Ultimately the choice is Japan’s.” China intends to mark the 70th anniversary of the war’s end with a military parade and other grand commemorations, fueling fears in Japan that it is attempting to belittle its post-war contributions to development and security. However, Wang said China’s goal was to “remember history, commemorate the martyrs, cherish peace and look to the future.” Japan issued a landmark apology on the 50th anniversary of the war’s end 1995 under then-Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, acknowledging for the first time its colonization and aggression in parts of Asia before and during the war. In 2005, then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi also apologized. However, substantial questions surround plans by current hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to issue a statement on the Aug. 15 anniversary, fueling speculation that he may water down previous apologies.

Selma civil rights milestone marked by first black president SElma (alabama), march 8 (ap): America’s racial history “still casts its long shadow upon us,” President Barack Obama said as he stood near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists whose beatings by police a half-century ago galvanized much of the nation against racial oppression and hastened passage of historic legislation guaranteeing voting rights for minorities. Tens of thousands of people on Saturday joined to commemorate the “Bloody Sunday” march of 1965 and take stock of the struggle for equality. Under a bright sun, the first black U.S. president praised the figures of a civil rights era that he was too young to know but that helped him break the ultimate racial barrier in political history with his ascension to the nation’s highest office. He called them “warriors of justice” who pushed America closer to a more perfect union. “So much of our turbulent history - the stain of slavery and anguish of civil war, the yoke of segregation and tyranny of Jim Crow,

President Obama participates in a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7. Also pictured are Obama’s mother-in-law Marian Robinson (from L), his daughter Sasha, first lady Michelle Obama and Representative John Lewis (DGA). (REUTERS Photo)

the death of four little girls in Birmingham, and the dream of a Baptist preacher - met on this bridge,” Obama told the crowd before taking a symbolic walk across part of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the 1965 marchers were attacked by police. “It was not a clash of armies, but a clash of wills, a contest to determine the meaning of America,”

Obama said. He was 3 years old at the time of the march. A veteran of that clash, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who was severely beaten by police that day in 1965 and suffered a skull fracture, exhorted the crowd to press on with the work of racial justice. “Get out there and push and pull until we redeem the soul of America,” Lewis said. He was the youngest

and is the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a group led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. that had the greatest impact on the movement. Among those in attendance was Peggy Wallace Kennedy, a daughter of the late George Wallace, the Alabama governor in 1965 who once vowed “segregation forever.” Selma’s fire depart-

ment estimated the crowd reached 40,000. Former President George W. Bush shared the platform. Republican congressional leaders were mostly absent but one, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, joined the walk. The walk progressed under the bold letters on an arch, identifying the bridge named after Pettus, a Confederate general in the Civil War, senator and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader. Two years after King’s historic “I have a dream” speech in Washington, the Bloody Sunday march became the first of three aiming to reach Montgomery, Alabama, the state capital to demand an end to discrimination against black voters. Scenes of troopers beating marchers on the bridge shocked the nation, emboldening leaders in Washington to pass the Voting Rights Act five months later. On his way to Selma, Obama signed a law awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to participants of the trio of marches, the last of which brought protesters all the way to Montgomery. The shadow of enduring discrimination touched

the event as Obama addressed his government’s investigation of the Ferguson, Missouri, police department. The investigation, he said, “evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that spawned the civil rights movement.” “What happened in Ferguson may not be unique,” he said, “but it’s no longer endemic, or sanctioned by law and custom. And before the civil rights movement, it most surely was.” “We just need to open our eyes, and ears, and hearts, to know that this nation’s racial history still casts its long shadow upon us,” Obama said. Yet, he said, “if you think nothing’s changed in the past 50 years, ask somebody who lived through the Selma or Chicago or L.A. of the ‘50s. Ask the female CEO who once might have been assigned to the secretarial pool if nothing’s changed. Ask your gay friend if it’s easier to be out and proud in America now than it was 30 years ago. To deny this progress - our progress - would be to rob us of our own agency, our responsibility to do what we can to make America better.”

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9 March 2015

LONDON, MARch 8 (REutERS): Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is going into the new season mentally stronger than ever after learning to keep his personal and professional life apart. Hamilton won 11 of the 19 races last year on his way to a second title. However, he and on-off girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger have separated since she watched him win the Abu Dhabi season-ender and title last November.

"I think last year, I adapted ... a mental attitude that was kind of, I would like to say, impenetrable," the Mercedes driver told British reporters before heading to Australia for the March 15 seasonopener. "In the previous years it has been the case where it (personal issues) has affected my life in general but I feel that I still carry that kind of mentality from last year. "Having been in this position before, I feel stronger

than ever so I don’t feel that it’s going to be a problem." The Briton started the 2014 season, the first of the new V6 turbo hybrid era, with some pundits suspecting his team mate Nico Rosberg might get the better of a man who so often wears his heart on his sleeve and lives in the public glare. Instead, Hamilton won more of the mind battles between the two title rivals, stepping up a gear in particular after they collided

in Belgium. Everything aligned for the double champion last year and he said that was a rarity. "It's like once in a blue moon that it’s all in line but I still feel like I’ve got enough in place to do what I need to do and to be the best I can be," said the 30-year-old. "It’s not easy to better a season like last year. In terms of performance, it was the best year that I think I’ve ever had, but it doesn’t mean I can’t beat

it so that’s what I’m trying to do." Hamilton is also negotiating his own contract extension with Mercedes, with the existing one running out at the end of the year, and he said that was progressing well. "Hopefully we’re in the final stages. I don’t really know what the timeline is for that but we’re not rushing, but we’re very much in the last stages of it," he said. "So for the foreseeable future, I’m committed to this team."

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Liverpool forced to replay by dogged Blackburn

Liverpool's Martin Skrtel, bottom, is tended to by teammates as he lies injured after a challenge with Blackburn's Rudy Gestede, centre left, during the English FA Cup quarter final soccer match between Liverpool and Blackburn at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday March 8. (AP Photo)

LONDON, MARch 8 (AGENciES): Liverpool were left frustrated by Championship side Black-

burn Rovers who defend- Cup quarter-final. ed heroically to draw 0-0 After an even first half at Anfield on Sunday and Liverpool dominated after force a replay in their FA the break but wave after

wave of attack was thwarted by a Blackburn side who had already accounted for Premier League sides

Swansea City and Stoke city in the two previous rounds. Martin Skrtel landed heavily and momentarily lost consciousness following a second-minute aerial duel with Rudy Gestede and required extended medical attention. The Liverpool man left the field on a stretcher - gesturing positively to the crowd following a worryingly long period of treatment. It was announced on the Anfield public address system at half-time that the Slovakia international, who went to hospital for a precautionary scan, had suffered no serious damage. Kolo Toure, on in place of Skrtel, headed against a post, while Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling failed to break down their second tier visitors despite relentless pressure. Aston Villa -- who beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 on Saturday -- are the only side to seal a semi-final spot so far while Manchester United host holders Arsenal on Monday. Giant-killers Bradford City travel to Reading on March 16 for a replay after their 0-0 draw.

Kane strikes twice as Spurs sink struggling QPR

LONDON, MARch 8 (REutERS): Harry Kane struck twice as Tottenham Hotspur beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 on Saturday to boost their hopes of a topfour finish and leave their London rivals facing an uphill battle to avoid relegation. QPR enjoyed the better of the early exchanges at Loftus Road but in-form Kane continued his impressive run of scoring in his last five London Premier League derbies to put Spurs ahead. Kane added his second after the break in front of England manager Roy Hodgson before former Tottenham midfielder Sandro pulled a goal back for QPR. Spurs resisted a late onslaught to hold on to the victory which moved them up to sixth on 50 points --

Tottenham’s Harry Kane celebrates after scoring his second goal of the game during the English Premier League soccer match between Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur at the Loftus Road stadium London, Saturday, March, 7. (AP Photo)

three behind fourth-placed Manchester United. QPR remained in 18th place on 22 points, three behind Aston Villa. "It's a massive win, we

always seem to be winning 2-1," Kane told the BBC. "I'm loving my football, being out there with my team mates and my mates. "I feel good and confident, it's im-

NWA informs

KOhiMA, MARch 8 (MExN): The Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) has informed all affiliated units and members of the different committee for the forthcoming silver jubilee committee that there will be a general meeting on March 11 at Khuochiezie Local ground Kohima at 12:00 Noon. All the members have been requested to attend the said meeting positively.

Ancelotti blames individualism for Real Madrid’s surprise defeat

MADRiD, MARch 8 (REutERS): Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti blamed his players for being too individualistic following their surprise 1-0 defeat at mid-table Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Saturday. The pressure on the Italian has been growing since Real were hammered 4-0 by Atletico Madrid at the start of February and his team again lacked drive and a battling edge especially in the first half against Bilbao. Real have now won just two of their last five league games and, while they still lead La Liga by two points, Barcelona can overtake them with victory at home to Rayo Vallecano on Sunday. “We were too individualistic and the players were looking to find solutions on their own when we needed to play quicker and with fewer touches,” Ancelotti told a news conference. Aritz Aduriz headed Bilbao in front after 26 minutes and Real were able to create little at the other end despite the quality they have in attack. “There was too much confusion to what we were doing," added Ancelotti. "We were too slow and did not move the ball around well so that there was no space

for the forwards. It is a problem over the time between the pass and the movement. “It was an even game. Athletic defended well, they were compact and they scored. Our problem is not defensive but in attack and we are not finding openings.” Ancelotti said that Real also found it difficult to score in last weekend’s draw against Villarreal. “In two games we have got one goal and that was a penalty. This is what we have to solve,” he said. “I accept my responsibility. Some people may say that this isn’t their team but this is mine. The team is playing badly and the league is more difficult for us now but it is not yet over.” In two weeks' time Real play in El Clasico against Barcelona at the Camp Nou and Ancelotti will be keen to see his team return to the form that saw them put together a Spanish record 22-match winning streak before Christmas. Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale look a shadow of the attacking trident that terrorised teams at the end of 2014 but Ancelotti refused to blame anyone directly for the loss.

portant for a striker to have that. The second goal was a nice composed finish. "There are a lot of top teams up there (competing for the top four) and whoever can

put a run together will be right up there." Charlie Austin fired a shot against the underside of the crossbar as QPR piled on the pressure but Spurs snatched the lead when Kane headed in Andros Townsend's free kick. QPR had appeals for a penalty turned down at the end of the first half when Lloris appeared to clip Mauricio Isla in the box. But Kane scored his 16th Premier League goal of the season to double Spurs' advantage in the 68th minute when he latched on to Ryan Mason's pass and slotted the ball home. Sandro's neat finish gave QPR a lifeline and the home side were denied another possible penalty in the dying minutes when Steven Caulker's header appeared to strike the hand of Nabil Bentaleb.

New Orleans Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans (1) goes to the basket against Memphis Grizzlies forward Jeff Green, right, and guard Nick Calathes, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March. 7, in New Orleans. (AP Photo)

NEW ORLEANS, MARch 8 (AP): New Orleans came from 18 points down to beat Memphis 9589 on Saturday, boosting the Pelicans' marginal NBA playoff hopes while jeopardizing the Grizzlies' chances of topping the Southwest Division. The Pelicans may be last in the division, but moved within half a game of Oklahoma City for the provisional last playoff spot in the Western Conference. Memphis' lead in the division was cut to 1-1/2 games ahead of Houston, which rediscovered its road form and won at Denver. Elsewhere, Cleveland moved into a virtual tie for top of the Central Division by downing Phoenix and Milwaukee defeated Washington in a meeting of East playoff contenders. New Orleans' Tyreke Evans scored 26 points and Anthony Davis added 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Pelicans. Eric Gordon sealed the win with two free throws with 24.5 seconds left. Jeff Green had 20 points for Memphis. Cleveland beat Phoenix

89-72, with LeBron James tying the Cavaliers' career assists record. James tied Mark Price at 4,206 assists. James scored 17 points, going 6 for 16 from the field, and had eight assists and six rebounds to help the Cavaliers win their 13th straight at home. Timofey Mozgov's 19 points led Cleveland, which moved level with Chicago in the Central. Markieff Morris scored 16 points for the Suns. Milwaukee's Khris Middleton scored 30 points and hit a key 3-pointer from the corner with 40.8 seconds left to help secure a 91-85 win against Washington. Middleton had missed a 3 but the offensive rebound was tracked down by center Zaza Pachulia, who flipped a pass back to Middleton for a successful follow, and the Bucks snapped a four-game losing skid. Paul Pierce had 14 points for the Wizards, whose lead over the Bucks was 1-1/2 games in the fight over fifth place in the East. Houston's James Harden scored 28 points to lead the

Rockets to a 114-100 victory over Denver. Corey Brewer had 24 for the Rockets, who had lost their previous three road games. Wilson Chandler's 26 points was best for the Nuggets, who are 2-2 under interim coach Melvin Hunt. Lowly Philadelphia produced an upset by beating East-leading Atlanta 9284, with the Hawks paying the price for resting starters Paul Millsap, Kyle Korver and DeMarre Carroll. Minneapolis ended Portland's winning streak at five games, with Kevin Martin scoring 29 points and Ricky Rubio hitting a big 3-pointer with a minute left to help the Timberwolves win 121-113. Mi a m i e ra s e d a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit and beat Sacramento 114-109 after overtime, with Dwyane Wade scoring 28 points. Indiana won a fifth successive game for the first time this season, beating league cellar dweller New York 92-86, with George Hill hitting the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:34 left.

Villa could face FA wrath after crowd chaos

LONDON, MARch 8 (REutERS): Aston Villa will be braced for a Football Association investigation after their FA Cup triumph over West Bromwich Albion ended in alarming crowd scenes on Saturday. Albion manager Tony Pulis criticised the stewarding at Villa Park after ugly scenes involving both sets of supporters of the local rivals disrupted the home side's 2-0 quarterfinal win. Albion fans threw seats on to the pitch and celebrating Villa fans caused a short interruption in play by invading the playing surface in the dying minutes. They were described as "mindless idiots" by Pulis. At the final whistle, a fullscale pitch invasion saw the players of both teams engulfed by fans in what Villa scorer and captain, Fabian Delph, described as "very, very scary" scenes. He even said that, bizarrely, he had been bitten during the chaos. The scenes, reminscent of some of the uncontrolled old days of English football in the 1980s, seem bound to prompt the wrath of the

Aston Villa fans invade the pitch as they celebrate their 2-0 victory in the English FA Cup Sixth Round match between West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa at Villa Park, Birmingham, Saturday, March 7. (AP Photo)

FA. Pulis pointed a finger at Villa, saying the club should before the game have recognised potential problems which could endanger the players. "It's disgraceful. We don't want to see those

scenes. They've beaten us and, for that to happen, that's just mindless idiots," he said. "It puts the players in danger and we don't want to see that. We were seeing it in the 1970s and 80s and

we don't want to get back to that. "I'm sure the FA will look at it without me poking my nose in too much." Villa manager Tim Sherwood added: "I can't condone the fans enter-

ing the field, but I can understand their emotions, they've just beaten their local rivals twice in a week and once in the quarterfinal of the FA Cup, so the emotions are running very, very high.

11 Entertainment Rihanna most Joe Manganiello eager to marry Sofia Vergara Monday

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n the account of the International Women’s Day on Sunday, music streaming service Spotify compiled a list of the most-searched female artists on the music site where singer Rihanna reigned supremacy as the favourite female artist among all Spotify listeners worldwide. Rihanna was named the world’s top streamed woman for the third year in a row, reports variety.com. She received positive response for her collaboration with rapper Eminem for the song "The Monster", last year. The song has been streamed over 200 million times on Spotify. Katy Perry bagged the second spot followed by Beyonce Knowles then Lana Del Rey and finally Lady Gaga. Meanwhile, Knowles was declared as the female artist who most women in the world listen to on Spotify. Perry, Rey and Rihanna stood second, third and fourth with Ariana Grande rounding up the top five.

Stand up against abuse, Shraddha exhorts women

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working birthday is the best possible treat that veteran actor Anupam Kher could provide himself. As he turned 60 on Saturday, Anupam staged his new play "Mera Woh Matlab Nahin Tha". Exhilarated and excited, he said: "I planned it this way. I made sure that 'Mera Woh Matlab Nahin Tha’ was premiered on my birthday. It was the best way I could bring in my birthday. I want to keep working until I live." On the eve of his birthday, Anupam hosted a show of the play for the students of his acting school. "It was a kind of rehearsal for the show on Saturday and also my way of sharing my new play with my students who are so close to me." As for the cake-cutting ritual, the students of his school made sure Anupam blew the right number of candles. "I don't feel my age at all. One feels old only when the excitement runs

be promoting her upcoming film "Hot Pursuit" with Reese Witherspoon soon, is said to be an "expert" at postponing wedding as she did with her former fiance Nick Loeb. "...(Vergara) is an expert at postponing weddings. She did the same thing with Nick. She tends to put work before pleasure and wants to promote the hell out of

'Hot Pursuit'. It's definitely causing tension in their relationship. Joe won't admit it, but he's a little concerned about getting her to the alter," said the source. The couple were recently spotted looking at potential wedding venues in Palm Beach, Florida despite Vergara claiming they have put their nuptials on hold.

out of one's life," said Anupam. In a career spanning over three decades, the actor, has been a part of iconic Hindi films like "Saaransh", where he played an elderly man who loses his son and struggles to collect his ashes to great acclaim, while he was just in his 20s. Looking back on his enormously

successful life, Anupam said: "Things never happen to you. You have to make them happen. I've always pushed to realise my dreams. People ask me why I take on such stressful aspirations. But it's this stress that has kept me going. I want to be known as somebody who broke the rules and created his own

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her feet, reports femalefirst. co.uk. "Joe is just going along with what she wants. He wishes they could get married now and start their life together," a source close to the couple, who got engaged in December last year after six months of dating, told InTouch Weekly magazine. The actress, who will

I want to keep working until I live: Anupam Kher Miley Cyrus 'practically engaged'

Wild Card First Clip

ctress Shraddha Kapoor has slammed the concept of International Women's Day, which is celebrated globally on March 8. She suggests people should stand up against abuse every day and not just on a single day. The 26-year-old, who has starred in films like “Aashiqui 2”, “Ek Villain” and “Haider”, took to Twitter Sunday to express her views on the day-to-day life of women, saying they are “objectified, abused and treated worse than garbage". In a series of tweets, Shraddha wrote: Every 20 mins or so, there is a rape happening in our country. And today we are "celebrating" womens day. “No single day can express the injustice that women have to go through everyday. To be objectified, abused and treated worse than garbage." She continued: “Stand up against this abuse, not just today but every day. Women are NOT objects. They NEED to be respected. Women empowerment is the best change to make the world a better place.” Shraddha will be next seen in Remo D'Souza's “AnyBody Can Dance 2”.

ctor Joe Manganiello wants to marry his fiancee Sofia Vergara as soon as possible. The 38-year-old actor is reportedly upset that the "Modern Family" actress announced they have postponed their plans to wed this summer because he will be too busy promoting "Magic Mike XXL", and feels she is the one dragging

015 is set to be a very busy year for Jason Statham, and Wild Card is the first of the movies that we are going to be seeing him in. Wild Card sees the actor reunite with filmmaker Simon West for their third movie together - they have already teamed up for The Mechanic and The Expendables 2. This is the first film for West since Stolen back in 2012. Wild Card is another action movie for Statham, and he features in the great first clip from the movie: The movie is a big screen adaptation of the William Goldman novel, which sees Goldman himself adapt his book into a screenplay. Statham will take on the role

of Nick Wild in the film, and he is joined on the cast list by Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Angarano, Anne Heche,Sofia Vergara, and Stanley Tucci. Nick Wild (Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chased by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes...and this time, it's all or nothing. Wild Card is released 20th March.

place in the creative field." Anupam wanted his wife Kirron Kher to play the female lead alongside him in “Mera Woh Matlab Nahin Tha”. "But she couldn't join me on stage because of her political commitments. Neena Gupta is a wonderful actress. It's a pleasure sharing the stage with her,” he said.

iley Cyrus and Patrick Schwarzenegger are ''as good as engaged.'' The 'Wrecking Ball' hitmaker only started dating the 21-year-old student, who is actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and ex-wife Maria Shriver's son, last November, but wants to elope because she thinks she has found ''The One.'' A source close to the 22-year-old singer said: ''Miley is telling everyone she's found The One. And he's totally under her spell. ''They're as good as engaged.'' Patrick's mother is allegedly still ''urging'' him ''to end things'' with the blonde beauty, as she and Arnold ''don't like Miley's partygirl image.'' But the insider told America's OK! magazine: ''Miley knows that it won't work with his family. But she's madly in love and told Patrick they should run off to a tropical island and even Las Vegas and take

the plunge, just the two of them. Miley pretty much sets the agenda in the relationship.'' A source close to the 'We Can't Stop' singer, who experienced a difficult split from former fiancé Liam Hemsworth in 2013, previously insisted she was determined to take her blossoming romance with

Patrick a lot slower than she has done with previous relationships in order to protect herself. The source explained: ''Miley learned her lesson the hard way the first time and is being extra cautious about this relationship. She doesn't want to get her heart broken again.''

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Nathan Sykes 'More Than You'll Ever Know' review

athan Sykes has finally released the first cut from his forthcoming debut solo album, titled 'More Than You'll Ever Know'. Taking to Twitter to reveal the track, it's not going to act as Nathan's lead single, instead being a teaser of what's to come. With fans already speculating that the new tune could be about his once-relationship with Ariana Grande, and the feelings he still has for her, we're deciding to instead focus on the well-written lyrics, vibe and funk of the track. It is here that Nathan's vocals are more resonant and memorable than ever before. Though he was a force to be reckoned with during his time with The Wanted, it's on solo stuff that he truly shines because he has the floor all to himself. Soul music is where Nathan flourishes, with a raspy tone gliding across impressive and slick melodies in this retro-esque track that's immediately going to score him whole legions of new fans. Infusing far past his years and comes and passionate falsetto is pressed. 'More Than You'll his pop roots into the record, across here as a complete shown off throughout and Ever Know' is available now the 21-year-old has matured professional. An effortless we couldn't be more im- as a free download.

Sean Penn says he WON'T apologize for green card jibe

ean Penn is adamant that he has no reason to apologize for making a green card jibe at the expense of Mexican director Alejandro Iñárritu while handing him his Oscar for Birdman. When the time came to reveal to the Academy that Iñárritu had triumphed, Penn asked 'Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?' before announc-

ing his film as the winner. The joke prompted a storm of outrage from critics who branded the comments xenophobic but Penn has today said he has 'absolutely no apologies' and that the only reason anyone could be offended is their own 'flagrant stupidity'. According to Penn, the jibe was part of his friendship with Iñárritu, with whom he has worked in the

past - and even a way to let him know of his victory seconds before everyone else. Speaking at a promo event in Beverly Hills for one of his own movies, Penn said of the reaction to the joke: 'I'm always surprised by flagrant stupidity. I keep having more hope.' He later added: 'I have absolutely no apologies'. 'In fact, I have a big [expletive] you for

every...anybody who is so stupid not to have gotten the irony when you've got a country that is so xenophobic. 'If they had their way, you wouldn't have great filmmakers like Alejandro working in this country. Thank god we do.' 'I found it hilarious. Sean and I have that kind of brutal [relationship] where only true friendship can survive.' Iñárritu directed Penn in

the 2003 film 21 Grams and the two remain close. 'I make on him a lot of very tough jokes that I will not tell you,' Iñárritu added. While Iñárritu's casual dismissal of any perceived offense helped to temper the public response to the comment, Penn has remained largely silent on the topic. Penn also clarified that the order of his comments were intentional.

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Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell plays a reverse shot during their Cricket World Cup Pool A match against Sri Lanka in Sydney on March 8. (AP Photo)

Keith Thurman connects with a right to Robert Guerrero during their boxing match, Saturday, March 7, in Las Vegas. Thurman won by unanimous decison. (AP Photo)

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India’s Saina Nehwal stands on the podium as runner up, after being beaten by Spain’s Carolina Marin during the Women’s Singles final, at the All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, March 8. (AP Photo)

neW deLhI, March 8 (agencIeS): Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal's dream of becoming first Indian woman to win prestigious All England Badminton Championships title quashed after she lost to Carolina Marin of Spain 21-16, 14-21 and 7-21 in the final at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Sunday. Among men, Prakash

Padukone and her former coach Pullela Gopichand are the only players from the country to have achieved this phenomenal feat. Third seeded Saina started the proceedings on an attacking note as she used more smashes than her sixth-seeded Spanish rival. Saina, who looked more composed, took a good lead of 11-6 at the Game 1 turnaround.

O l y m p i c b ro n z e medallist Saina, who has been in sublime touch all through the tourney, consolidated her lead to 19-10 before sealing the Game 21-16 in her favour. Carolina fought back hard towards the closing stages of the Game 1 as she saved six game points to avoid the inevitable. Saina got off the blocks early in the second game as she took a good 5-1 lead in no time but Carolina regrouped herself to make it 11-9 at the Game 2 break. Reigning World Champion Carolina made it tough for Saina as she took the lead twice after the break to make it 1-1 after clinching the second game 21-14. Carolina got her lost mojo back as she swiftly went into 6-2 lead against Saina in the third and deciding game. Carolina consolidated her lead to 11-4 at the Game 3 breather. Carolina was in no mood to show any mercy on Saina as she completed the proceedings 21-7 to clinch the coveted title Saina had previously lost in the semifinals of the tournament in 2010 and 2013. Saina had won all the three past clashes against Carolina prior to this final. Earlier on Saturday, Saina steamrolled Sun Yu 21-13, 21-13, in a contest that looked like a duel between the mighty and the hapless, to march into the finals of the $500,000 event.

Maxwell ton fires Australia past SLanka Australia into World Cup quarter-finals

Sydney, March 8 (reuterS): Australia stormed into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 64run victory over Sri Lanka, fired by a spectacular maiden one-day international century from Glenn Maxwell at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. Sri Lanka signalled that they are also in fine form for the knockout stages by having a good crack at what would have been a record run chase with Kumar Sangakkara becoming the first man to score three successive centuries at a World Cup. They were always up against it after Maxwell's 53ball 102 had helped Australia to 376-9, however, and it is the co-hosts who are now almost certain to finish second in Pool A and avoid champions India or South Africa in the quarter-finals. On a night when the 40,000 crowd were thrilled by a feast of batting, it was Maxwell's deployment of the full array of shots in his prodigious armoury that proved decisive. His hundred came off 51 balls, just one shy of the record for the quickest World Cup century, and he shared a 160-run partnership with Shane Watson, who hit 67 to celebrate his recall to the team. Maxwell was dropped by a back-peddling Sangakkara on 95 and there was a nervous wait on 99, his chance of sharing the World Cup record with Irishman Kevin O'Brien disappearing when the umpire ruled a leg bye off the 50th ball he faced. The century came up soon enough with two runs to mid-off, though, and his emotional celebration after reaching the milestone in his 43rd one-day innings was a graphic illustration of what it meant to a player often dismissed as a show-pony. Steve Smith (72) and skipper Michael Clarke (68) had earlier steadied the innings with a partnership of 134 after openers David Warner (nine) and Aaron Finch (24) had been dismissed inside the first 10 overs. Maxwell hit 10 fours and four sixes in his innings and the pyrotechnics continued when Sri Lanka came out to bat, Tillakaratne Dilshan setting the tone by spectacularly hitting six fours off Mitchell Johnson's third over. Johnson had already dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne caught behind for one in his opening over to bring Dilshan and Sangakkara together at the crease. While their 130-run partnership continued, it looked like Sri Lanka had a chance but once James Faulkner (3-48) trapped Dilshan in front for 62, it looked like an uphill struggle. Sangakkara had already become only the second player after Sachin Tendulkar to score 14,000 runs in one-day internationals and was not going to be denied his century, which he reached in as many balls with two runs to backward square. He departed soon afterwards for 104, leaving Dinesh Chandimal, who hit 52 off 24 balls before retiring hurt, and Angelo Mathews (35) to lead the rearguard action. They were finally dismissed for 312 after 46.2 overs.

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Kumar Sangakkara becomes 2nd batsman to pass 14,000 ODI runs

umar Sangakkara joined Sachin Tendulkar in an exclusive club Sunday, becoming only the second batsman to pass 14,000 career runs in one-day international cricket. The 37-year-old Sangakkara was playing against four-time champion Australia in a World Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground when he passed the milestone in his 402nd ODI. He turned Glenn Maxwell

for two runs down legside to reach 39. He stroked consecutive boundaries off the subsequent two deliveries and reached his 94th ODI half century from 45 balls. Sangakkara hit unbeaten centuries in his previous two World Cup matches against Bangladesh and England. India great Tendulkar holds the record with 18,426 ODI runs. (Associated Press)

Vettori has little time to reflect on 300 wicket milestone naPIer, March 8 (aP): In the hurly burly of a World Cup campaign, Daniel Vettori does not have the time to reflect on his achievement of becoming the first New Zealander to take 300 wickets in one-day internationals. Vettori achieved the mark in his 291st match when he took 4-18 in a Man of the Match performance which led the hosts to a six-wicket win over Afghanistan on Sunday. The 36-year-old had not anticipated reaching the milestone during this tournament. He now has 12 wickets, behind the 13 of teammates Trent Boult and Tim Southee. They are the top three wickettakers of the World Cup, reflecting New Zealand's dominance with the ball. "I suppose I went into the World Cup not really thinking about that milestone," Vettori said. "I actually didn't believe I would take this many wickets in this few games. "It will be something nice to look back on but we are caught up in the middle of a World Cup, there is an important game on Friday and then probably the most important game of our careers (a quarterfi-

nal) the following Saturday. Maybe in a month or so's time there will be a chance to look back on it." Vettori joined teammates on Saturday in watching Pakistan upset South Africa in what might have been a match between New Zealand's prospective quarterfinal and semifinal opponents. Depending on the outcome of remaining pool matches, New Zealand might face Pakistan in the quarterfinals on Saturday week and, if they win that, South Africa in the semifinals a week later. "You get through to those knockout stages and that's where it really starts," Vettori said. "All the teams that eventually make it (to the quarterfinals) have got match-winners in them, so you can't sit back and say a team's on form or hasn't played well, because you've got to go into thinking a team is going to play their best. "You look at the caliber of players that South Africa have, look at Pakistan as well, India, anyone that we come up against in that quarterfinal is going to be a tough opposition."

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Messi breaks Spanish hat-trick record as Barca go top

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BarceLOna, March 8 (reuterS): Lionel Messi broke a Spanish hat-trick record and Luis Suarez struck twice as a rampant Barcelona took over top spot in La Liga with a 6-1 hammering of Rayo Vallecano on Sunday. Messi came alive after halftime at the Nou Camp to net his 32nd treble for Barca in all competitions in the space of just 12 minutes. It meant he eclipsed the record of the most hat-tricks ever recorded in Spanish football that he had shared with Athletic Bilbao striker Telmo Zarra. The Argentine's second half tour de force against a side reduced to 10 men with the dismissal of Tito -- Barca themselves had Dani Alves sent off late in the game -- included a goal scored from a retaken penalty after he had seen the first saved. It helped put Barca back in control at the head of La Liga, after an equal amount of games played, for the first time since the start of November. They moved on to 62 points, a point clear of Real Madrid, who were beaten by Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, and are now in pole position two weeks ahead of MaLionel Messi's girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo holds their son Thiago Messi, prior to the Spanish La Liga soccer match drid's visit to their Nou Camp forbetween FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou tress in El Clasico. Barca scored with their first shot on goal after stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 8. (AP Photo)

five minutes with Xavi releasing Suarez, who tucked a clinical shot into the corner with the outside of his right boot. Four minutes after halftime, the floodgates opened when Gerard Pique knocked in from close range following a Jordi Alba header from a corner which came back off a post. When Suarez was felled in the penalty area in the 56th minute by Tito, who received a red card, Messi's penalty was saved by keeper Cristian Alvarez but the referee ordered a retake due to encroachment in the area. Inevitably, Messi made no mistake second time around and he then knocked in a rebound after 63 minutes, before completing his historic hat-trick, the 24th of his La Liga career, five minutes later. He now has 32 Spanish hattricks, compared to Cristiano Ronaldo's 27. Alberto Bueno netted a consolation penalty for Rayo after he had been fouled by Alves, who was given his marching orders. Messi then set up Suarez for his second in injury time to complete the rout. Later on Sunday, third place is at stake when Atletico Madrid, on 54 points, entertain Valencia, who FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, center, duels for the ball against Rayo Vallecano's Emiliano Unare a point behind. sua, left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on March 8. (AP Photo)

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